Research Paper Volume 8, Issue 8 pp 1822—1829
Early and extraordinary peaks in physical performance come with a longevity cost
Figure 2. Age at death of male athletes dependent on the age and rank of their personal record (A) Predicted scenarios by life history theory with a later age at personal record and a higher performance score of personal record. (B) Estimated mean age at death per quartile of age at personal record and (C) estimated mean age at death per quartile of performance score of personal record. Error bars denote one standard error. (D) Estimated mean age at death and between brackets the corresponding 95% confidence interval shown for four different groups. All estimates are derived from a linear mixed model with only males who died after age 50, adjusted for sex, year of birth, nationality and respectively rank of personal record or age at personal record.