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
Resistance exercise, alone and in combination with aerobic exercise, and obesity in Dallas, Texas, US: A prospective cohort study.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between resistance exercise (RE) alone and in combination with aerobic exercise (AE) and the risk of developing obesity and found that RE was associated with a significantly reduced risk of obesity even after considering AE.
The association between resistance exercise and cardiovascular disease risk in women.
Clemens Drenowatz,Xuemei Sui,Stacy L. Fritz,Carl J. Lavie,Carl J. Lavie,Paul F. Beattie,Timothy S. Church,Steven N. Blair +7 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that resistance exercise may be particularly beneficial to independently improve cardiovascular disease risk profiles in women with normal weight, and in overweight/obese women, total physical activity and aerobic capacity may have a stronger association with cardiovascular diseaserisk.
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Protective health factors and incident hypertension in men
TL;DR: The results show that among men aged 20-82 years, a healthy lifestyle can significantly reduce the risk of developing hypertension, and should be considered for the prevention of this chronic condition.
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Associations ofresting heart ratewith concentrations oflipoprotein subfractions in sedentary men
P T Williams,William L. Haskell,Steven N. Blair,H. Robertsuperko +3 more
- 01 Jan 1985
TL;DR: In this article, Spearman's correlations forresting heart rate vsHDL2 mass(rs = -.24), HDL3mass(r, = −.40), HDL cholesterol (rs = − 0-7subfraction, apoA-I-I, triglycerides (r,, =.31), VLDLmass(rs, =.27), and LDLmassofSO 0 -7subference (r =.30) lendsupport to their hypothesis oflipoprotein-indu
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Impact and Lessons From the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders (LIFE) Clinical Trials of Physical Activity to Prevent Mobility Disability
Marco Pahor,Jack M. Guralnik,Stephen D. Anton,Walter T. Ambrosius,Steven N. Blair,Timothy S. Church,Mark A. Espeland,Roger A. Fielding,Thomas M. Gill,Nancy W. Glynn,Erik J. Groessl,Abby C. King,Stephen B. Kritchevsky,Todd M. Manini,Mary M. McDermott,Michael E. Miller,Anne B. Newman,Jeff D. Williamson +17 more
TL;DR: The Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders (LIFE) studies were developed to assess whether initiating physical activity could prevent major mobility disability in sedentary older adults.
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