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Volume 358:2408-2409 May 29, 2008 Number 22
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Cardiovascular Events during World Cup Soccer

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by Wilbert-Lampen, U.
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To the Editor: The conclusion by Wilbert-Lampen et al. (Jan. 31 issue)1 that World Cup soccer is a risk factor for the occurrence of acute cardiovascular events is weakened considerably by the lack of data on the incidence of such events in the several weeks or months after the German matches. The increased incidence during the German matches may simply reflect a phase shift in events that would have occurred over the next several months under other circumstances — somewhat similar to lead-time bias in disease-screening programs that seem to show prolonged survival but merely reflect the earlier detection of . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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