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Submited on: 15 May 2012 06:57:05 PM GMT
Published on: 16 May 2012 06:38:50 PM GMT
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Other Comments:
Generally, the topic of this paper is interesting.
1- All abriviation should be mentioned in full discription in the abstract.
2- Figue and tables are not clear and a high resolotion version shoud be presented.
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Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
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Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:
I had no experince on Life Expectancy studies or in the baseball feild.
- How to cite: Ziaee V .Life Expectancy and Comparative Mortality of Major League Baseball players, 1900-1999. [Review of the article 'Life Expectancy and Comparative Mortality of Major League Baseball players, 1900-1999. ' by Day S].WebmedCentral 2012;3(5):WMCRW001828
Baseball Players lived longer in every decade at varying rates with discussion that illuminated some of the possible causes. This is important when determining how habit may influence longevity.
Yes, because the authors identified potential data that supported or did not support claims listed in this article.
Yes, the authors sufficiently listed past publications and they properly identified the the quality of the paper's conclusions and limitations.
The authors support all claims by qualification of each reference cited. Each decade's evidence comparing Baseball players to general population with a view to factoring longevity varies thus each decade must be reviewed by the quality of evidence published.
The authors adequately explained and defenced deviation variability.
Yes. Validity is responsible for each individual decade, though some trendlines varied when decades were compared across the timeline 99-years.
It would be very difficult to improve this paper, however there is room to compare general populations to baseball to other sports, such as athletics, tennis, soccer (futbol). "Other" sports may be limited by available mortality records.
It is an outstanding contrubution since it calls for further analysis of the trends reported in each decade. For example why in one decade did mortality rate increase or decrease in either group (baseball players or General Population). Each decade saw baseball players enjoy longer mortality, but why did it vary in this decade and not that decade? The article indentifies some of the authors' suspects, but leaves the reader wanting more advanced research to identify.
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