%0 Journal Article %1 Chiaranda2013 %A Chiaranda, Giorgio %A Bernardi, Eva %A Codecà, Luciano %A Conconi, Francesco %A Myers, Jonathan %A Terranova, Francesco %A Volpato, Stefano %A Mazzoni, Gianni %A Grazzi, Giovanni %D 2013 %J BMJ Open %K %N 10 %P e003446 %R 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003446 %T Treadmill walking speed and survival prediction in men with cardiovascular disease: a 10-year follow-up study. %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003446 %V 3 %X To determine whether the walking speed maintained during a 1 km treadmill test at moderate intensity predicts survival in patients with cardiovascular disease.Population-based prospective study.Outpatient secondary prevention programme in Ferrara, Italy.1255 male stable cardiac patients, aged 25-85 years at baseline.Walking speed maintained during a 1 km treadmill test, measured at baseline and mortality over a median follow-up of 8.2 years.Among 1255 patients, 141 died, for an average annual mortality of 1.4\%. Of the variables considered, the strongest predictor of all-cause mortality was walking speed (95\% CI 0.45 to 0.75, p<0.0001). Based on the average speed maintained during the test, participants were subdivided into quartiles and mortality risk adjusted for confounders was calculated. Compared to the slowest quartile (average walking speed 3.4 km/h), the relative mortality risk decreased for the second, third and fourth quartiles (average walking speed 5.5 km/h), with HRs of 0.73 (95\% CI 0.46 to 1.18); 0.54 (95\% CI 0.31 to 0.95) and 0.20 (95\% CI 0.07 to 0.56), respectively (p for trend <0.0001). Receiver operating curve analysis showed an area under the curve of 0.71 (p<0.0001) and the highest Youden index (0.35) for a walking speed of 4.0 km/h.The average speed maintained during a 1 km treadmill walking test is inversely related to survival in patients with cardiovascular disease and is a simple and useful tool for stratifying risk in patients undergoing secondary prevention and cardiac rehabilitation programmes.

@article{Chiaranda2013, abstract = {To determine whether the walking speed maintained during a 1 km treadmill test at moderate intensity predicts survival in patients with cardiovascular disease.Population-based prospective study.Outpatient secondary prevention programme in Ferrara, Italy.1255 male stable cardiac patients, aged 25-85 years at baseline.Walking speed maintained during a 1 km treadmill test, measured at baseline and mortality over a median follow-up of 8.2 years.Among 1255 patients, 141 died, for an average annual mortality of 1.4\%. Of the variables considered, the strongest predictor of all-cause mortality was walking speed (95\% CI 0.45 to 0.75, p<0.0001). Based on the average speed maintained during the test, participants were subdivided into quartiles and mortality risk adjusted for confounders was calculated. Compared to the slowest quartile (average walking speed 3.4 km/h), the relative mortality risk decreased for the second, third and fourth quartiles (average walking speed 5.5 km/h), with HRs of 0.73 (95\% CI 0.46 to 1.18); 0.54 (95\% CI 0.31 to 0.95) and 0.20 (95\% CI 0.07 to 0.56), respectively (p for trend <0.0001). Receiver operating curve analysis showed an area under the curve of 0.71 (p<0.0001) and the highest Youden index (0.35) for a walking speed of 4.0 km/h.The average speed maintained during a 1 km treadmill walking test is inversely related to survival in patients with cardiovascular disease and is a simple and useful tool for stratifying risk in patients undergoing secondary prevention and cardiac rehabilitation programmes.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T14:51:16.000+0200}, author = {Chiaranda, Giorgio and Bernardi, Eva and Codecà, Luciano and Conconi, Francesco and Myers, Jonathan and Terranova, Francesco and Volpato, Stefano and Mazzoni, Gianni and Grazzi, Giovanni}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/257fc7bf8b2ce8a71909d2b14aa144368/ar0berts}, doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003446}, groups = {public}, institution = {Center of Biomedical Studies Applied to Sport, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.}, interhash = {c230b95105d894147feacb024599a36d}, intrahash = {57fc7bf8b2ce8a71909d2b14aa144368}, journal = {BMJ Open}, keywords = {}, language = {eng}, medline-pst = {epublish}, number = 10, pages = {e003446}, pii = {bmjopen-2013-003446}, pmid = {24163203}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T14:51:16.000+0200}, title = {Treadmill walking speed and survival prediction in men with cardiovascular disease: a 10-year follow-up study.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003446}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 3, year = 2013 }