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Role of age, sex, and race on cardiac and total mortality associated with Super Bowl wins and losses.

Authors: Robert A Kloner|||Scott A McDonald|||Justin Leeka|||W Kenneth Poole

Journal: Clinical cardiology

Publication Type: Journal Article

Date: 2011

DOI: PMC6652483

ID: 21283998

Affiliations:

Affiliations

    Heart Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital, 1225 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90017, USA. rkloner@goodsam.org|||||||||

Abstract

Total and cardiac mortality rates in Los Angeles County, California, increased after the 1980 Super Bowl loss (SBL), but there was an overall reduction in total mortality after the 1984 Super Bowl win (SBW).

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