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With a huge part of America and especially the media continuing to promote health it is of no surprise that an NFL study was performed comparing the health of football players to those of the average male adult. Stemming from what may very well be a number of sporadic deaths has raised concern along with the increase in body mass index in players that has occurred in the past 30 years as linemen on both sides of the ball look to increase their physical weight.

The study recorded players’ height, weight, blood pressure, total cholesterol and self-reported health histories, and compared that to data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study.

Despite the expected taller and larger size of the players the study authors of Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore only found a significanly higher prevelance of hypertension and prehypertension or High blood pressure (hypertension 13.8 percent of the players compared to 5.5 percent of the CARDIA group – prehypertension 64.5 percent vs. 24.2 percent respectively).

And with this find the authors of the study say in the May 27 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, “this unexpected prevalence of pre-hypertension and hypertension has led to plans for an NFL-wide survey and in-depth investigation of the mechanisms of these findings. Proposed areas for investigation include strength and resistance training, long-term use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, salt intake, and sleep disordered breathing.”

“Proposed areas for investigation include strength and resistance training, long-term use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, salt intake, and sleep-disordered breathing.”

With so many players exceeding the 330 pound mark, the average parson would easily be considered obese, “But the average football player is pretty lean, and that includes wide receivers as well as offensive linemen,” lead author Andrew M. Tucker stated. “These guys are incredibly active, and even though many are huge, they are fit. Despite what their tummies might look like, they have large amounts of muscle mass.”