Steven N. Blair

Associations between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Health-Related Quality of Life (2009)

Sloan, Robert A, Sawada, Susumu S, Martin, Corby K, Church, Timothy, Blair, Steven N

Abstract Background There is limited data examining the association between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and health related quality of life (HRQOL) in healthy young adults. We examined the...

Ideal Weight and Weight Satisfaction: Association With Health Practices (2009)

Kuk, Jennifer L., Ardern, Chris I., Church, Timothy S., Hebert, James R., Sui, Xuemei, Blair, Steven N.

Evidence suggests that individuals have become more tolerant of higher body weights over time. To investigate this issue further, the authors examined cross-sectional associations among ideal weight,...

Physical Activity, Weight Control, and Breast Cancer Risk and Survival: Clinical Trial Rationale and Design Considerations (2009)

Ballard-Barbash, Rachel, Hunsberger, Sally, Alciati, Marianne H., Blair, Steven N., Goodwin, Pamela J., McTiernan, Anne, ...

Substantial observational epidemiological evidence exists that physical activity and weight control are associated with decreased risk of postmenopausal breast cancer. Uncertainty remains regarding...

Decline in physical fitness from childhood to adulthood associated with increased obesity and insulin resistance in adults (2009)

Dwyer, Terence, Magnussen, Costan, Schmidt, Michael D., Ukoumunne, Obioha C., Posonby, Anne-Louise, Raitakari, Olli T., ...

To examine how fitness in both childhood and adulthood is associated with adult obesity and insulin resistance. A prospective cohort study set in Australia in 2004-2006 followed up a cohort of 647...

Cardiorespiratory Fitness as a Predictor of Nonfatal Cardiovascular Events in Asymptomatic Women and Men (2007)

Sui, Xuemei, LaMonte, Michael J., Blair, Steven N.

Prospective data relating cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) with nonfatal cardiovascular disease (CVD) events are limited to studies in men or studies of combined fatal and nonfatal CVD endpoints. The...

Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Fat Mass in a Large Cohort of Children (2007)

Andy R. Ness, Sam D. Leary, Calum Mattocks, Steven N. Blair, John J. Reilly, Jonathan Wells, ...

BackgroundPrevious studies have been unable to characterise the association between physical activity and obesity, possibly because most relied on inaccurate measures of physical activity and...

Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is an Independent Predictor of Hypertension Incidence among Initially Normotensive Healthy Women (2006)

Barlow, Carolyn E., LaMonte, Michael J., FitzGerald, Shannon J., Kampert, James B., Perrin, Joe L., Blair, Steven N.

The authors examined the association between cardiorespiratory fitness and incident hypertension in women who were normotensive and free of cardiovascular disease at baseline in the Aerobics Center...

Coronary Artery Calcium Score and Coronary Heart Disease Events in a Large Cohort of Asymptomatic Men and Women (2005)

LaMonte, Michael J., FitzGerald, Shannon J., Church, Timothy S., Barlow, Carolyn E., Radford, Nina B., Levine, Benjamin D., ...

Coronary artery calcium (CAC), a measure of subclinical coronary heart disease (CHD), may be useful in identifying asymptomatic persons at risk of CHD events. The current study included 10,746 adults...

Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is an Independent Predictor of Hypertension Incidence among Initially Normotensive Healthy Women (2005)

Barlow, Carolyn E., LaMonte, Michael J., FitzGerald, Shannon J., Kampert, James B., Perrin, Joe L., Blair, Steven N.

The authors examined the association between cardiorespiratory fitness and incident hypertension in women who were normotensive and free of cardiovascular disease at baseline in the Aerobics Center...

Coronary Artery Calcium Score and Coronary Heart Disease Events in a Large Cohort of Asymptomatic Men and Women (2005)

LaMonte, Michael J., FitzGerald, Shannon J., Church, Timothy S., Barlow, Carolyn E., Radford, Nina B., Levine, Benjamin D., ...

Coronary artery calcium (CAC), a measure of subclinical coronary heart disease (CHD), may be useful in identifying asymptomatic persons at risk of CHD events. The current study included 10,746 adults...

Coronary Artery Calcium Score and Coronary Heart Disease Events in a Large Cohort of Asymptomatic Men and Women (2005)

LaMonte, Michael J., FitzGerald, Shannon J., Church, Timothy S., Barlow, Carolyn E., Radford, Nina B., Levine, Benjamin D., ...

Coronary artery calcium (CAC), a measure of subclinical coronary heart disease (CHD), may be useful in identifying asymptomatic persons at risk of CHD events. The current study included 10,746 adults...

Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is an Independent Predictor of Hypertension Incidence among Initially Normotensive Healthy Women (2005)

Barlow, Carolyn E., LaMonte, Michael J., FitzGerald, Shannon J., Kampert, James B., Perrin, Joe L., Blair, Steven N.

The authors examined the association between cardiorespiratory fitness and incident hypertension in women who were normotensive and free of cardiovascular disease at baseline in the Aerobics Center...

Construct Validity of Self-reported Historical Physical Activity (2004)

Bowles, Heather R., FitzGerald, Shannon J., Morrow, James R., Jackson, Allen W., Blair, Steven N.

The purpose of this study was to determine the construct-related validity of self-reported historical walking, running, and jogging (WRJ) activity on the basis of data from the Aerobics Center...

Epidemiology of musculoskeletal injuries among sedentary and physically active adults (2002)

Hootman, Jennifer M., Macera, Carol A., Ainsworth, Barbara E., Addy, Cheryl L., Martin, Malissa, Blair, Steven N.

Purpose: This study describes the types and frequencies of musculoskeletal injuries among a cohort of adults with above average activity levels who were enrolled in the Aerobics Center Longitudinal...

Association among Physical Activity Level, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Risk of Musculoskeletal Injury (2001)

Hootman, Jennifer M., Macera, Carol A., Ainsworth, Barbara E., Martin, Malissa, Addy, Cheryl L., Blair, Steven N.

To help public health practitioners promote physical activities with a low risk of injury, this study determined the relation among type and duration of physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness,...

Total Cholesterol and High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol as Important Predictors of Erectile Dysfunction (1994)

Wei, Ming, Macera, Caroline A., Davis, Dorothy R., Hornung, Carlton A., Nankin, Howard A., Blair, Steven N.

Although erectile dysfunction is frequently seen in patients with manifestations of arteriosclerotic disease, the independent contribution of serum cholesterol in predicting erectile dysfunction is...

Reliability of Long-term Recall of Participation in Physical Activity by Middle-aged Men and Women (1991)

Blair, Steven N., Dowda, Marsha, Pate, Russell R., Kronenfeld, Jennie, Howe, Henry G., Parker, Gwynne, ...

The reliability of long-term recall of physical activity participation was examined in 322 women and 129 men in a worksite health study conducted at the Liberty Corporation, Greenville, South...

SURROGATE MEASURES OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND PHYSICAL FITNESS: EVIDENCE FOR SEDENTARY TRAITS OF RESTING TACHYCARDIA, OBESITY, AND LOW VITAL CAPACITY (1989)

BLAIR, STEVEN N., KANNEL, WILLIAM B., KOHL, HAROLD W., GOODYEAR, NANCY, WILSON, PETER W. F.

Studies on physical activity, physical fitness, and health have been hampered because of invalid, unreliable, or impractical measures of physical activity. This report examines the validity of...

The interrelationship among preventive health habits (1988)

Kronenfeld, Jennie J., Goodyear, Nancy, Pate, Russell, Blair, Aaron, Howe, Henry, Parker, Gwynne, ...

This paper raises questions about the interrelationship among various aspects of health habits and health behaviors. Health habits, some of which relate to major risk factors for important chronic...

A MAIL SURVEY OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY HABITS AS RELATED TO MEASURED PHYSICAL FITNESS (1988)

KOHL, HAROLD W., BLAIR, STEVEN N., PAFFENBARGER, RALPH S., MACERA, CAROLINE A., KRONENFELD, JENNIE J.

The associations of self-reported measures of physical activity from a mail survey with an objective measure of physical fitness were investigated. Respondents to a health status survey (n = 12,225),...

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY IN THE FIVE-CITY PROJECT (1985)

SALLIS, JAMES F., HASKELL, WILLIAM L., WOOD, PETER D., FORTMANN, STEPHEN P., ROGERS, TODD, BLAIR, STEVEN N., ...

Previous measures of physical activity for epidemiologic studies were considered Inadequate to meet the needs of a community-based health education trial. Therefore, new methods of quantifying the...

ASSESSMENT OF HABITUAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BY A SEVENDAY RECALL IN A COMMUNITY SURVEY AND CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTS (1985)

BLAIR, STEVEN N., HASKELL, WILLIAM L., HO, PING, PAFFENBARGER, RALPH S., VRANIZAN, KAREN M., FARQUHAR, JOHN W., ...

Assessment of habitual physical activity in epidemiologic and health education studies has been difficult A seven-day physical activity recall interview was developed and administered in a community...

CHANGES IN CORONARY HEART DISEASE RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED TREADMILL TIME IN 753 MEN (1983)

BLAIR, STEVEN N., COOPER, KENNETH H., GIBBONS, LARRY W., GETTMAN, LARRY R., LEWIS, SUZAN, GOODYEAR, NANCY

Blair, S. N. (Institute for Aerobics Research, Dallas, TX 75230), K. H. Cooper, L. W. Gibbons, L. R. Gettman, S. Lewis and N. Goodyear. Changes in coronary heart disease risk factors associated with...

Physical activity and peptic ulcers

Cheng, Yiling, Macera, Caroline A, Davis, Dorothy R, Blair, Steven N

Background Although Helicobacter pylori has been identified as a major cause of chronic gastritis, not all infected patients develop ulcers, suggesting that other factors such as lifestyle may be...

Physical activity and peptic ulcers

Cheng, Yiling, Macera, Caroline A, Davis, Dorothy R, Blair, Steven N

Background Although Helicobacter pylori has been identified as a major cause of chronic gastritis, not all infected patients develop ulcers, suggesting that other factors such as lifestyle may be...

Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Fat Mass in a Large Cohort of Children

Ness, Andy R, Leary, Sam D, Mattocks, Calum, Blair, Steven N, Reilly, John J, Wells, Jonathan, ...

A study with 5,500 12-year-olds shows an inverse association between physical activity and obesity, which is stronger in boys, and suggests that high-intensity activity is more important than total...

Early life determinants of physical activity in 11 to 12 year olds: cohort study

Mattocks, Calum, Ness, Andy, Deere, Kevin, Tilling, Kate, Leary, Sam, Blair, Steven N, ...

Objective To examine factors in early life (up to age 5 years) that are associated with objectively measured physical activity in 11-12 year olds.

Association between muscular strength and mortality in men: prospective cohort study

Ruiz, Jonatan R, Sui, Xuemei, Lobelo, Felipe, Morrow, James R, Jackson, Allen W, Sjöström, Michael, ...

Objective To examine prospectively the association between muscular strength and mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer in men.