Steven N. Blair
University of South Carolina
892 Papers
6.9K Citations
Steven N. Blair is an academic researcher from University of South Carolina. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Physical fitness. The author has an hindex of 165, co-authored 879 publications. Previous affiliations of Steven N. Blair include Stanford University & University of Western Australia.
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Papers
Low Fasting Plasma Glucose Level as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality
Ming Wei,Larry W. Gibbons,Tedd L. Mitchell,James B. Kampert,Michael P. Stern,Steven N. Blair +5 more
TL;DR: A U-shaped relation between fasting plasma glucose and mortality was documented, and participants with low fasting Plasma glucose levels had a high risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality.
Health promotion for educators: impact on absenteeism.
Steven N. Blair,Michael D. Smith,Thomas R. Collingwood,Roger Reynolds,Michael C. Prentice,Charles L. Sterling +5 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that a reduction in absenteeism due to the health promotion program was possibly associated with an improvement in physical fitness, and regression analyses indicated that improvement inPhysical fitness was associated with less absenteeism.
Metabolic syndrome and risk of death from cancers of the digestive system.
Charles E. Matthews,Xuemei Sui,Michael J. LaMonte,Swann Arp Adams,James R. Hébert,Steven N. Blair +5 more
TL;DR: The hypothesis that metabolic syndrome is positively associated with mortality from cancers of the digestive system is supported and interventions that reduce abnormalities associated with the syndrome could reduce risk of premature death from these cancers.
Incremental reduction of serum total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol with the addition of plant stanol ester-containing spread to statin therapy
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of plant stanol ester spread with a placebo spread on cholesterol in patients taking statin therapy, but who still had elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol.