Ralph S Paffenbarger
Biographic Data
| ID | 8846541 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ralph S Paffenbarger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ralph S |
| FAMILY NAME | Paffenbarger |
| SIGNATURE | PAFFENBARGER R S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1956 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Compendium of Physical Activities
A coding scheme is presented for classifying physical activity by rate of energy expenditure, i.e., by intensity. Energy cost was established by a review of published and unpublished data. This coding scheme employs five digits that classify activity by purpose (i.e., sports, occupation, self-care), the specific type of activity, and its intensity as the ratio of work metabolic rate to resting metabolic rate (METs). Energy expenditure in kilocalo…
The Association of Changes in Physical-Activity Level and Other Lifestyle Characteristics with Mortality among Men
BACKGROUND: Recent trends toward increasing physical exercise, stopping cigarette smoking, and avoiding obesity may increase longevity. We analyzed changes in the lifestyles of Harvard College alumni and the associations of these changes with mortality. METHODS: Men who were 45 to 84 years of age in 1977 and who had reported no life-threatening disease on questionnaires completed in 1962 or 1966 and again in 1977 were classified according to chan…
Physical Activity, All-Cause Mortality, and Longevity of College Alumni
We examined the physical activity and other life-style characteristics of 16,936 Harvard alumni, aged 35 to 74, for relations to rates of mortality from all causes and for influences on length of life. A total of 1413 alumni died during 12 to 16 years of follow-up (1962 to 1978). Exercise reported as walking, stair climbing, and sports play related inversely to total mortality, primarily to death due to cardiovascular or respiratory causes. Death…
Physical Activity Assessment Methodology in the Five-City Project1
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 physical activity habits of communities were developed which are practical for large health surveys, provide information on the distribution of activity habits in the population, can detect changes in activity over time, and can be compared with other e…
Physical Activity as an Index of Heart Attack Risk in College Alumni1
Risk of first heart attack was found to be related inversely to energy expenditure reported by 16,936 Harvard male alumni, aged 35-74 years, of whom 572 experienced heart attacks in 117,680 person-years of followup. Stairs climbed, blocks walked, strenuous sports played, and a composite physical activity index all opposed risk. Men with index below 2000 kilocalories per week were at 64% higher risk than classmates with higher index. Adult exercis…
Characteristics of longshoremen related fatal coronary heart disease and stroke
Characteristics of longshoremen related fatal coronary heart disease and stroke. R S Paffenbarger, A S Gima, E Laughlin, and R A BlackCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.61.7.1362 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Chronic disease in former college students. IX. Characteristics in youth that predispose to suicide and accidental death in later life
Chronic disease in former college students. IX. Characteristics in youth that predispose to suicide and accidental death in later life. R S Paffenbarger, Jr, S H King, and A L WingCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.59.6.900 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Chronic Disease in Former College Students V. Early Precursors of Fatal Stroke
Chronic Disease in Former College Students V. Early Precursors of Fatal Stroke Ralph S. Paffenbarger, Jr.M.D.Dr.P.H.F.A.P.H.A., and James L. WilliamsM.D. CopyRightDr. Paffenbarger is chief, Field Epidemiological Research Section, National Heart Institute, US Public Health Service (25 Evergreen St.), Framingham, Mass. 01701, and lecturer on epidemiology, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, Mass. Dr. Williams is affiliated with the …
Chronic disease in former college students. 3. Precursors of suicide in early and middle life
Chronic disease in former college students. 3. Precursors of suicide in early and middle life. R S Paffenbarger, Jr, and D P AsnesCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.56.7.1026 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Chronic disease in former college students. II. Methods of study and observations on mortality from coronary heart disease
Chronic disease in former college students. II. Methods of study and observations on mortality from coronary heart disease. R S Paffenbarger, Jr, J Notkin, D E Krueger, P A Wolf, M C Thorne, E J LeBauer, and J L WilliamsCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.56.6.962 Published Online: August 29, 2011
The effect of obstetric and perinatal events on risk of mental illness in women of childbearing age
The effect of obstetric and perinatal events on risk of mental illness in women of childbearing age. R S Paffenbarger, Jr, and L J McCabe, JrCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.56.3.400 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Epidemiological Aspects of Parapartum Mental Illness
Mental illnesses associated withchildbearing add unforeseen complexities toprepartum careorpostpartumrecoveryaswell astotheresponsibilities of marriage andparenthood. Whiletheonsetofmental illness atsuch atime may seem especially tragic, its obstetric background provides ancillary datathat may helptoidentify causative elements. Comparative data areavailable fromtheinformation routinely collected on allmaternity cases. Overa century ago,Marce(1858…
Methods of Dietary Assessment in Currtnt Epidemiologic Studies of Cardiovascular Diseases
Methods of Dietary Assessment in Currtnt Epidemiologic Studies of Cardiovascular Diseases Marjorie Cantoni, Ralph S. Paffenbarger, Jr., and Dean E. Krueger CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.51.1.70 Published Online: October 03, 2011
Epidemiologic Methods in Current Cardiovascular Disease Research
Epidemiologic Methods in Current Cardiovascular Disease Research Ralph S. Paffenbarger, Jr., and Dean E. Krueger CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.50.Suppl_10.105 Published Online: October 03, 2011
Studies of Adenoviruses (APC) in Volunteers
Studies of Adenoviruses (APC) in Volunteers Joseph A. Bell, Thomas G. Ward, Robert J. Huebner, Wallace P. Rowe, R. Gerald Suskind, and Ralph S. Paffenbarger, Jr. CopyRight*On May 25, 1956, the investigators responsible for using the names Adenoid Degenerative (AD) viruses, Adenoidal Pharyngeal Conjunctival (APC) Viruses, Respiratory Illness (RI) viruses, and Acute Respiratory Disease (ARD) viruses to designate a new group of respiratory viruses a…
Characteristics of longshoremen related fatal coronary heart disease and stroke
Characteristics of longshoremen related fatal coronary heart disease and stroke. R S Paffenbarger, A S Gima, E Laughlin, and R A BlackCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.61.7.1362 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Studies of Adenoviruses (APC) in Volunteers
Studies of Adenoviruses (APC) in Volunteers Joseph A. Bell, Thomas G. Ward, Robert J. Huebner, Wallace P. Rowe, R. Gerald Suskind, and Ralph S. Paffenbarger, Jr. CopyRight*On May 25, 1956, the investigators responsible for using the names Adenoid Degenerative (AD) viruses, Adenoidal Pharyngeal Conjunctival (APC) Viruses, Respiratory Illness (RI) viruses, and Acute Respiratory Disease (ARD) viruses to designate a new group of respiratory viruses a…
Epidemiologic Methods in Current Cardiovascular Disease Research
Epidemiologic Methods in Current Cardiovascular Disease Research Ralph S. Paffenbarger, Jr., and Dean E. Krueger CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.50.Suppl_10.105 Published Online: October 03, 2011
Methods of Dietary Assessment in Currtnt Epidemiologic Studies of Cardiovascular Diseases
Methods of Dietary Assessment in Currtnt Epidemiologic Studies of Cardiovascular Diseases Marjorie Cantoni, Ralph S. Paffenbarger, Jr., and Dean E. Krueger CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.51.1.70 Published Online: October 03, 2011
Epidemiological Aspects of Parapartum Mental Illness
Mental illnesses associated withchildbearing add unforeseen complexities toprepartum careorpostpartumrecoveryaswell astotheresponsibilities of marriage andparenthood. Whiletheonsetofmental illness atsuch atime may seem especially tragic, its obstetric background provides ancillary datathat may helptoidentify causative elements. Comparative data areavailable fromtheinformation routinely collected on allmaternity cases. Overa century ago,Marce(1858…
Chronic disease in former college students. 3. Precursors of suicide in early and middle life
Chronic disease in former college students. 3. Precursors of suicide in early and middle life. R S Paffenbarger, Jr, and D P AsnesCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.56.7.1026 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Chronic disease in former college students. II. Methods of study and observations on mortality from coronary heart disease
Chronic disease in former college students. II. Methods of study and observations on mortality from coronary heart disease. R S Paffenbarger, Jr, J Notkin, D E Krueger, P A Wolf, M C Thorne, E J LeBauer, and J L WilliamsCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.56.6.962 Published Online: August 29, 2011
The effect of obstetric and perinatal events on risk of mental illness in women of childbearing age
The effect of obstetric and perinatal events on risk of mental illness in women of childbearing age. R S Paffenbarger, Jr, and L J McCabe, JrCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.56.3.400 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Chronic Disease in Former College Students V. Early Precursors of Fatal Stroke
Chronic Disease in Former College Students V. Early Precursors of Fatal Stroke Ralph S. Paffenbarger, Jr.M.D.Dr.P.H.F.A.P.H.A., and James L. WilliamsM.D. CopyRightDr. Paffenbarger is chief, Field Epidemiological Research Section, National Heart Institute, US Public Health Service (25 Evergreen St.), Framingham, Mass. 01701, and lecturer on epidemiology, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, Mass. Dr. Williams is affiliated with the …
Chronic disease in former college students. IX. Characteristics in youth that predispose to suicide and accidental death in later life
Chronic disease in former college students. IX. Characteristics in youth that predispose to suicide and accidental death in later life. R S Paffenbarger, Jr, S H King, and A L WingCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.59.6.900 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Characteristics of longshoremen related fatal coronary heart disease and stroke
Characteristics of longshoremen related fatal coronary heart disease and stroke. R S Paffenbarger, A S Gima, E Laughlin, and R A BlackCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.61.7.1362 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Physical Activity as an Index of Heart Attack Risk in College Alumni1
Risk of first heart attack was found to be related inversely to energy expenditure reported by 16,936 Harvard male alumni, aged 35-74 years, of whom 572 experienced heart attacks in 117,680 person-years of followup. Stairs climbed, blocks walked, strenuous sports played, and a composite physical activity index all opposed risk. Men with index below 2000 kilocalories per week were at 64% higher risk than classmates with higher index. Adult exercis…
Physical Activity Assessment Methodology in the Five-City Project1
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 physical activity habits of communities were developed which are practical for large health surveys, provide information on the distribution of activity habits in the population, can detect changes in activity over time, and can be compared with other e…
Physical Activity, All-Cause Mortality, and Longevity of College Alumni
We examined the physical activity and other life-style characteristics of 16,936 Harvard alumni, aged 35 to 74, for relations to rates of mortality from all causes and for influences on length of life. A total of 1413 alumni died during 12 to 16 years of follow-up (1962 to 1978). Exercise reported as walking, stair climbing, and sports play related inversely to total mortality, primarily to death due to cardiovascular or respiratory causes. Death…
Compendium of Physical Activities
A coding scheme is presented for classifying physical activity by rate of energy expenditure, i.e., by intensity. Energy cost was established by a review of published and unpublished data. This coding scheme employs five digits that classify activity by purpose (i.e., sports, occupation, self-care), the specific type of activity, and its intensity as the ratio of work metabolic rate to resting metabolic rate (METs). Energy expenditure in kilocalo…
The Association of Changes in Physical-Activity Level and Other Lifestyle Characteristics with Mortality among Men
BACKGROUND: Recent trends toward increasing physical exercise, stopping cigarette smoking, and avoiding obesity may increase longevity. We analyzed changes in the lifestyles of Harvard College alumni and the associations of these changes with mortality. METHODS: Men who were 45 to 84 years of age in 1977 and who had reported no life-threatening disease on questionnaires completed in 1962 or 1966 and again in 1977 were classified according to chan…
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