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
Age- and sex- specific all-cause mortality risk greatest in metabolic syndrome combinations with elevated blood pressure from 7 U.S. cohorts.
TL;DR: In a large U.S. population, different combinations of MetS components vary substantially in their associations with all-cause mortality, and men, women and younger individuals with MetS combinations including elevated blood pressure had stronger associations with greater mortality risk.
New vision for health promotion within sports medicine.
TL;DR: A key role of sports medicine is to focus the attention of a wide variety of health professionals, educators, and policy makers on developing and implementing strategies to help more individuals enjoy the many health-promoting benefits of regular physical activity.
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Associations between changes in abdominal and thigh muscle quantity and quality.
TL;DR: Measurements obtained from a single CT image taken within the abdomen are moderately correlated with measures of thigh SM quantity and quality at baseline, and abdominal SM does provide comparable measures of muscle quality change.
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Metabolic syndrome and discrepancy between actual and self-identified good weight: Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study.
TL;DR: Weight discrepancy may be a useful screening characteristic and target for future interventions to further reduce the risk of chronic weight-related disorders, included MetSyn.
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