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
Association of Cardiorespiratory Fitness With Coronary Heart Disease in Asymptomatic Men
Jennifer C. Gander,Xuemei Sui,James R. Hébert,Linda J. Hazlett,Bo Cai,Carl J. Lavie,Steven N. Blair +6 more
- 01 Oct 2015
TL;DR: Clinicians should promote physical activity to improve CRF so as to reduce coronary heart disease risk, even to patients with otherwise low CHD risk.
Cardiorespiratory fitness reduces the risk of incident hypertension associated with a parental history of hypertension.
Robin P. Shook,Duck-chul Lee,Xuemei Sui,Vivek K. Prasad,Steven P. Hooker,Timothy S. Church,Steven N. Blair +6 more
TL;DR: The significantly lower risk of developing hypertension when progressing from low- to high-fit groups among those with a parental history of hypertension has important clinical implications.
Dietary indices, cardiovascular risk factors and mortality in middle-aged adults: findings from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study.
Magdalena Cuenca-García,Magdalena Cuenca-García,Enrique G. Artero,Enrique G. Artero,Xuemei Sui,Duck-chul Lee,James R. Hébert,Steven N. Blair +7 more
TL;DR: These dietary indices based on 3-day diet records are strongly associated cross-sectionally to CVD risk profile of middle-aged men and women, but they do not add to ability to predict long-term mortality in follow-up.
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Independent associations between liver fat, visceral adipose tissue, and metabolic risk factors in men.
TL;DR: Both liver fat and visceral AT were associated with metabolic risk in men, however, when controlled for each other, visceral AT was the only independent associate of metabolic risk.
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Intent to Participate in Worksite Health Promotion Activities: A Model of Risk Factors and Psychosocial Variables
TL;DR: Personal Efficacy was significantly related both to dissatisfaction and intent to change, whereas the Job Stress and Anxiety variables were more effective in predicting dissatisfaction than intent to changed.
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