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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Assessing Cardiorespiratory Fitness Without Performing Exercise Testing (2005)
Jurca, Radim, Jackson, Andrew S., LaMonte, Michael J., Morrow Jr., James R., Blair, Steven N., Wareham, Nicholas J., ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Pearson, Thomas A., Blair, Steven N., Daniels, Stephen R., Eckel, Robert H., Fair, Joan M., Fortmann, Stephen P., ...
The initial Guide to the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases was published in 1997 as an aid to healthcare professionals and their patients without established coronary artery disease or...
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...
Smith, Sidney C., Blair, Steven N., Bonow, Robert O., Brass, Lawrence M., Cerqueira, Manuel D., Dracup, Kathleen, ...
Since the original publication (in 1995) of the American Heart Association (AHA) consensus statement on secondary prevention, which was endorsed by the American College of Cardiology (ACC), important...
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,...
Preventing heart attack and death in patients with coronary disease (1995)
Smith, Sidney C., Blair, Steven N., Criqui, Michael H., Fletcher, Gerald F., Fuster, Valentin, Gersh, Bernard J., ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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.