Slow Gait Speed and Risk of Mortality or Hospital Readmission After Myocardial Infarction in the Translational Research Investigating Underlying Disparities in Recovery from Acute Myocardial Infarction: Patients' Health Status Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the prognostic value of slow gait in predicting outcomes 1 year after acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Design

Observational cohort with longitudinal follow-up.

Setting

Twenty-four U.S. hospitals participating in the Translational Research Investigating Underlying disparities in recovery from acute Myocardial infarction: Patients' Health status Registry.

Participants

Older adults (≥65) with in-home gait assessment 1 month after AMI (N = 338).

Measurements

Baseline characteristics and 1-year mortality or hospital readmission adjusted using Cox proportional hazards regression in older adults with slow (<0.8 m/s) versus preserved (≥0.8 m/s) gait speed.

Results

Slow gait was present in 181 participants (53.6%). Those with slow

SUBMITTER: Dodson JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4803531 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature