The association of walking pace and incident heart failure and subtypes among postmenopausal women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To investigate the association between walking pace and the risk of heart failure (HF) and HF sub-types.

Methods

We examined associations of self-reported walking pace with risk of incident HF and HF subtypes of preserved (HFpEF) and reduced (HFrEF) ejection fractions, among 25,183 postmenopausal women, ages 50-79 years. At enrollment into the Women's Health Initiative cohort in 1993-1998, this subset of women was free of HF, cancer, or the inability to walk one block, with self-reported information on walking pace and walking duration. Multivariable Cox regression was used to examine associations of walking pace (casual <2 mph [referent], average 2-3 mph, and fast >3 mph) with incident HF. We also examined the joint association of walking pace and duration with i

SUBMITTER: Miremad MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10275503 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature