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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Associations of sedentary behavior and physical activity with psychological distress: a cross-sectional study from Singapore.
Robert A. Sloan,Susumu S. Sawada,Daniel Girdano,Yi Tong Liu,Stuart J. H. Biddle,Steven N. Blair +5 more
TL;DR: The present population-based cross-sectional study indicated that in the multi-ethnic Asian society of Singapore, a high level of SB was independently associated with psychological distress and meeting the recommended guidelines for physical activity along with ≤ 5 h/day ofSB was associated with the lowest odds of psychological distress.
Relative associations of fitness and fatness to fibrinogen, white blood cell count, uric acid and metabolic syndrome.
Timothy S. Church,C. E. Finley,Conrad P. Earnest,James B. Kampert,Larry W. Gibbons,Steven N. Blair +5 more
TL;DR: Fibrinogen, white blood cells, uric acid and metabolic syndrome score are independently related to both fitness (inversely) and fatness (directly).
Exercise dose-response of the V(E)/VCO(2) slope in postmenopausal women in the DREW study
TL;DR: Moderate-intensity aerobic exercise at doses of 8 KKW or greater seems to present an adequate dose of exercise to promote small but significant reductions in the V(E)/VCO(2) slope in postmenopausal women who exhibit risk factors associated with the development of CHF.
A prospective study of muscular strength and all-cause mortality in men with hypertension.
Enrique G. Artero,Duck-chul Lee,Jonatan R. Ruiz,Jonatan R. Ruiz,Xuemei Sui,Francisco B. Ortega,Francisco B. Ortega,Timothy S. Church,Carl J. Lavie,Manuel J. Castillo,Steven N. Blair +10 more
TL;DR: High levels of muscular strength appear to protect hypertensive men against all-cause mortality, and this is in addition to the benefit provided by cardiorespiratory fitness.
Physical activity and public health: updated recommendation for adults from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association.
William L. Haskell,I-Min Lee,Russell R. Pate,Kenneth E. Powell,Steven N. Blair,Barry A. Franklin,Caroline A. Macera,Gregory W. Heath,Paul D. Thompson,Adrian Bauman +9 more
TL;DR: The purpose of the present report is to update and clarify the 1995 recommendations on the types and amounts of physical activity needed by healthy adults to improve and maintain health.