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Published on: 16 May 2012 06:38:50 PM GMT
 
Do Major League Baseball Players Live Longer?
Posted by Dr. Bill Misner on 13 Jun 2012 02:00:13 AM GMT

  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    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.


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    Yes, because the authors identified potential data that supported or did not support claims listed in this article.


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    Yes, the authors sufficiently listed past publications and they properly identified the the quality of the paper's conclusions and limitations.


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    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.


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    The authors adequately explained and defenced deviation variability.


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    Yes. Validity is responsible for each individual decade, though some trendlines varied when decades were compared across the timeline 99-years.


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    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.


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    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.


  • Other Comments:

    No

  • Competing interests:
    None
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:
    Board-Certified Alternative Medicine Practitioner with a specialty in whole plant nutrition and how it influences disease-onset, disease remission with potentil effects upon longevity and mortality.
  • How to cite:  Misner B .Do Major League Baseball Players Live Longer?[Review of the article 'Life Expectancy and Comparative Mortality of Major League Baseball players, 1900-1999. ' by Day S].WebmedCentral 2012;3(6):WMCRW001912
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1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Yes
3 Is this a new and original contribution? Yes
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? Yes
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? Yes
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? No
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? No
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? Yes
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? Yes
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • 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.

  • Competing interests:
    No
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • 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
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