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Founded in 1970, by the "Father of Aerobics",
Kenneth H. Cooper MD, MPH
Recent Publications

The following publications are some of the most recent research articles published by researchers at The Cooper Institute.

 

2011 Publications

Farrell SW, Willis BL. Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Adiposity, and Serum 25-Dihydroxyvitamin D Levels in Women. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2011 Oct 4.
PMID: 21970522

S. Farrell, C. Finley, P. McAuley, G. Frierson.  Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Different Measures of Adiposity, and Total Cancer Mortality in Women.  Obesity. Feb 3, 2011 (epub ahead of print). 
PubMed ID Number: 21293448

S Lakoski, C Barlow, S Farrell, J Berry, J Morrow, W Haskell. Impact of body mass index, physical activity, and other clinical factors on cardiorespiratory fitness: The CCLS. American J Cardiology, 2011;108:34-39.
PubMed ID Number: 21529738

J Berry, B Willis, S Gupta, C Barlow, S Lakoski, A Khera, A Rohatgi, J de Lemos, W Haskell, D Lloyd-Jones. Lifetime risks for cardiovascular disease mortality by cardiorespiratory fitness levels measured at ages 45, 55, and 65 years in men: The CCLS. J American College Cardiology, 2011;57:1604-1610.
PubMed ID Number: 21474041

S Gupta, A Rohatgi, C Ayers, B Willis, W Haskell, A Khera, M Drazner, J de Lemos, J Berry. Cardiorespiratory fitness and classification of risk of cardiovascular disease mortality. Circulation, 2011;123:1377-1383.
PubMed ID Number: 21422392

L DeFina, L Marcoux, S Devers, J Cleaver, B Willis. Effects of omega-3 supplementation in combination with diet and exercise on weight loss and body composition. American J Clinical Nutrition, 2011;93:455-462.
PubMed ID Number: 21159785

Farrell SW, Cleaver JP, Willis BL.
Cardiorespiratory fitness, adiposity, and serum 25-dihydroxyvitamin d levels in men
. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2011 Feb;43(2):266-71.
PubMed ID Number: 20581717

I Bernstein, L Lacritz, C Barlow, M Weiner, L DeFina.
Psychometric evaluation of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in three diverse samples. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 2011;25:119-126.
PubMed ID Number: 21154110

 

2010 Publications

J Ho, C Barlow, D Reinhardt, W Wade, J Cannaday. Effect of increasing body mass index on image quality and positive predictive value of 100-kV coronary computed tomographic angiography. American J Cardiology, 2010;106:1182-1186.
PubMed ID Number: 20920661

C East, B Willis, C Barlow, B Grannemann, S FitzGerald, L DeFina, M Trivedi. Depressive symptoms and metabolic syndrome in preventive healthcare: The CCLS. Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders, 2010;8(5):451-457.
PubMed ID Number: 20854094

C Finley, B Wright, T Haltom, W Haskell.
Glycemic index, glycemic load, and prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study. J American Dietetic Association, 2010;110:1820-1829.
PubMed ID Number: 21111092

B Massoudi, M Olmsted, Y Zhang, R Carpenter, C Barlow, R Huber.
A web-based intervention to support increased physical activity among at-risk adults. J of Biomedical Informatics, 2010;43:S41-S45.
PubMed ID Number: 20696275

J Morrow, T Bain, G Frierson, E Trudelle-Jackson, W Haskell.
Long-term tracking of physical activity behaviors in women: The WIN Study. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 2010;43:165-170.
PubMed ID Number: 20473221

S Beckham, M Harper.
Functional training: Fad or here to stay? ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal, 2010;14(6):24-30.

Farrell S, Fitzgerald S, McAuley P, and Barlow C.
Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Adiposity, and all-cause Mortality in WomenMedicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.  2010;42(11):2006-2012.
PubMed ID Number: 20351588

Texas Youth Fitness Study.  Supplement to Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.  Editors: SB Martin, JR Morrow, Jr.  2010;81:ii-S83.  The Supplement is composed of the 11 papers listed below  from the statewide fitness testing in Texas on almost 3 million children per year beginning in 2007.  The analyses, evaluation, and interpretation of the data and the publication of the Supplement were funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

KH Cooper, D Everett, MD Meredith, J Kloster, M Rathbone, K Read.
Preface: Texas Statewide Assessment of Youth Fitness.
PubMed ID Number: 21049831

JR Morrow, Jr, SB Martin, GJ Welk, W Zhu, MD Meredith. 
Overview of the Texas Youth Fitness Study.
PubMed ID Number: 21049832

GJ Welk, MD Meredith, M Ihmels, C Seeger.
Distribution of Health-Related Physical Fitness in Texas Youth: A Demographic and Geographic Analysis.
PubMed ID Number: 21049833

GJ Welk, AW Jackson, JR Morrow, Jr, WH Haskell, MD Meredith, KH Cooper. 
The Association of Health-Related Fitness with Indicators of Academic Performance in Texas Schools.
PubMed ID Number: 21049834

JR Morrow, Jr, SB Martin, AW Jackson.
Reliability and Validity of the FITNESSGRAM®: Quality of Teacher-Collected Health-Related Fitness Surveillance Data.
PubMed ID Number: 21049835

SB Martin, A Ede, JR Morrow, Jr, AW Jackson.
Statewide Physical Fitness Testing: Perspectives from the Gym.
PubMed ID Number: 21049836

W Zhu, GJ Welk, MD Meredith, EA Boiarskaia.
A Survey of Physical Education Programs and Policies in Texas Schools.
PubMed ID Number: 21049837

W Zhu, EA Boiarskaia, GJ Welk, MD Meredith.
Physical Education and School Contextual Factors Relating to Students’ Achievement and Cross-Grade Differences in Aerobic Fitness and Obesity.
PubMed ID Number: 21049838

CA Greenleaf, TA Petrie, SB Martin.
Psychosocial Variables Associated with Body Composition and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Middle School Students.
PubMed ID Number: 21049839

CB Corbin.
Texas Youth Fitness Study: A Commentary.
PubMed ID Number: 21049840

KH Cooper.
Reflections on the Texas Youth Evaluation Project and Implications for the Future.
PubMed ID Number: 21049841

G Vega, C Barlow, S Grundy.
Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome as influenced by the measure of obesity employed. 
Am J Cardiology, 2010;105:1306-1312.
PubMed ID Number: 20403484

JS Ho, JJ Cannaday, CE Barlow, BL Willis, WL Haskell, SJ FitzGerald.
Comparative relation of general, central, and visceral adiposity measures for coronary artery calcium in subjects without previous coronary events.
Am J Cardiology, 2009;104:943-946.
PubMed ID Number: 20084008

JS Ho, SJ FitzGerald, CE Barlow, JJ Cannaday, HW Kohl, WL Haskell, KH Cooper.
Risk of mortality increases with increasing number of abnormal non-ST parameters recorded during exercise testing. Eur J Cardiovascular and Prevention Rehabilitation, 2010;17:462-468.
PubMed ID Number:

TM Bain, GM Frierson, E Trudelle-Jackson, JR Morrow, Jr. 
Internet reporting of weekly physical activity behaviors: The Win Study. 
J Physical Activity and Health, 2010;7:527-532.
PubMed ID Number: 20683095

E Trudelle-Jackson, LA Fleisher, N Borman, JR Morrow, Jr, GM Frierson.
Lumbar spine flexion and extension extremes of motion in women of different age and racial groups: The WIN Study. Spine, 2010;35(16):1539-1544.
PubMed ID Number: 20072092

J Chen, S Das, CE Barlow, S Grundy, SG Lakoski. 
Fitness, fatness, and systolic blood pressure: Data from the CCLS. 
Am Heart J, 2010;160:166-170.
PubMed ID Number: 20598988

C Xing, J Cohen, E Boerwinkle. 
A weighted false discovery rate control procedure reveals alleles at FOXA2 that influence fasting glucose levels. Am J Human Genetics, 2010;86:440–446.
PubMed ID Number: 20152958

CY Wang, WL Haskell, SW Farrell, MJ LaMonte, SN Blair, LR Curtin, JP Hughes, VL Burt.  Cardiorespiratory fitness levels among US adults 20-49 years of age: Findings from the 1999-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Study (NHANES). 
Am J Epidemiology, 2010;171:426-435.
PubMed ID Number: 2008080