Laboratory Parameter Measurements During Football Tournaments, 2004-2023

564,316 laboratory measurements from a tertiary care center were analyzed to assess the impact of major football tournaments on routine health parameters. The retrospective study by Marlene Hollenstein compared event periods for 19 UEFA European Championships and FIFA World Cups between 2004 and 2023 with adjacent reference periods. Results showed no clinically meaningful changes in liver enzymes, inflammatory markers, or pancreatic enzymes during tournaments.

Use Cases

• Assess population-level buffering of event-related behavioral effects based on routine laboratory data.
• Investigate the impact of mass gatherings on liver-related parameters like ALAT, ASAT, and GGT.
• Analyze changes in inflammatory markers such as CRP and WBC during major sports events.
• Evaluate epidemiological resilience to transient exposures based on laboratory parameter distributions.

Strengths

• 564,316 laboratory measurements provide a substantial sample size for analysis.
• Covers 19 major football tournaments over a 19-year period from 2004 to 2023.
• Primary outcomes include specific liver-related parameters (ALAT, ASAT, GGT) with statistical comparisons reported.

Limitations

• Dataset size is only 17.5 KB, indicating very limited scope or summary-level data.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for detailed modeling.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Retrospective analysis of laboratory measurements from a large tertiary care center.

Time Range

2004-2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 05:44:11; freshness should be verified.