Low in absolute value, the risk of sudden death during a marathon has increased significantly in thirty years. it affected one runner in 22,000 against one in 29,000 in 1982. This progression, reported by an American study, would be linked to the increase during this period of the average age of the athlete: 39 years against 35 for men, 34 years against 32 for women. The latter represent 39% of the peleton against 12% in 1982. But men are six times more exposed to heart attacks than sex says fabile. William Roberts relies on his study to call for an increase in the number of defibrillators on trials “so as to provide a rapid medical response”.
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