@article {6341, title = {Association Between 6-Minute Walk Test and All-Cause Mortality, Coronary Heart Disease-Specific Mortality, and Incident Coronary Heart Disease.}, journal = {J Aging Health}, volume = {26}, year = {2014}, month = {2014 Jun}, pages = {583-599}, abstract = {

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between 6-min walk test (6 MWT) performance and all-cause mortality, coronary heart disease mortality, and incident coronary heart disease in older adults.

METHOD: We conducted a time-to-event analysis of 1,665 Cardiovascular Health Study participants without prevalent cardiovascular disease with a 6 MWT.

RESULTS: During a mean follow-up of 8 years, there were 305 incident coronary heart disease events, and 504 deaths of which 100 were coronary heart disease-related deaths. The 6 MWT performance in the shortest two distance quintiles was associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality (290-338 m: hazard ratio [HR] = 1.7; 95\% confidence interval [CI] = [1.2, 2.5]; <290 m: HR = 2.1; 95\% CI = [1.4, 3.0]). The adjusted risk of coronary heart disease mortality incident events among those with a 6 MWT < 290 m was not significant.

DISCUSSION: Performance on the 6 MWT is independently associated with all-cause mortality and is of prognostic utility in community-dwelling older adults.

}, issn = {1552-6887}, doi = {10.1177/0898264314525665}, author = {Yazdanyar, Ali and Aziz, Michael M and Enright, Paul L and Edmundowicz, Daniel and Boudreau, Robert and Sutton-Tyrell, Kim and Kuller, Lewis and Newman, Anne B} }