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
Body Weight Change, All-Cause Mortality, and Cause-specific Mortality in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial
TL;DR: This study was designed to test the hypothesis that weight change is associated with an increased risk for all-cause and cause-specific mortality in a group of men participating in a longitudinal study for whom frequent weights were available and permitted a more sensitive measure of weight variability than had been available in previous studies.
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Body Mass Index, the Most Widely Used But Also Widely Criticized Index: Would a Criterion Standard Measure of Total Body Fat Be a Better Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease Mortality?
Francisco B. Ortega,Francisco B. Ortega,Xuemei Sui,Carl J. Lavie,Steven N. Blair +4 more
- 01 Apr 2016
TL;DR: The simple and inexpensive measure of BMI can be as clinically important as, or even more than, total adiposity measures assessed using accurate, complex, and expensive methods.
A history of physical activity, cardiovascular health and longevity: the scientific contributions of Jeremy N Morris, DSc, DPH, FRCP
TL;DR: A large number of epidemiological studies have been conducted in both sexes, in different ethnic groups, in broad age classes, in a variety of social groups, and on most continents of the world, helping to solidify the cause-and-effect evidence that exercise protects against heart disease and averts premature mortality.
Exercise as an augmentation treatment for nonremitted major depressive disorder: a randomized, parallel dose comparison.
Madhukar H. Trivedi,Tracy L. Greer,Timothy S. Church,Thomas J. Carmody,Bruce D. Grannemann,Daniel I. Galper,Andrea L. Dunn,Conrad P. Earnest,Prabha Sunderajan,Steven S. Henley,Steven N. Blair +10 more
TL;DR: Significant differences between groups were found when the moderating effects of gender and family history of mental illness were taken into account and suggest that higher-dose exercise may be better for all men and for women without a family historyof mental illness.
Effects of physical activity on exercise tests and respiratory function
TL;DR: Physical activity and non-smoking or smoking cessation is associated with maintenance of cardiorespiratory fitness, but respiratory function contributed little to this association during a five year follow up.
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