OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between gait speed and the risk for death and/or hospital admission in older patients with heart failure (HF). BACKGROUND Gait speed is a reliable single marker of frailty in older people and can predict falls, disability, hospital admissions, and mortality. METHODS In total, 331 community-living patients $70 years of age (mean age 78 6 years, 43% women, mean ejection fraction 35 11%, mean New York Heart Association functional class 2.7 0.6) in stable condition and receiving optimized therapy for chronic HF were prospectively enrolled and followed for 1 year. Gait speed was measured at the usual pace over 4 m, and cutoffs were defined by tertiles: #0.65, 0.66 to 0.99, and $1.0 m/s. RESULTS There was a significant association between gait speed tertiles and 1-year mortality: 38.3%, 21.9%, and 9.1% (p < 0.001), respectively. On multivariate analysis, gait speed was associated with a lower risk for all-cause death (hazard ratio: 0.62; 95% confidence interval: 0.43 to 0.88) independently of age, ejection fraction <20%, systolic blood pressure, anemia, and absence of beta-blocker therapy. Gait speed was also associated with a lower risk for hospital- ization for HF and all-cause hospitalization. When gait speed was added to the multiparametric Cardiac and Comorbid Conditions Heart Failure risk score, it improved the accuracy of risk stratification for all-cause death (net reclassification improvement 0.49; 95% confidence interval: 0.26 to 0.73, p < 0.001) and HF admissions (net reclassification improvement 0.37; 95% confidence interval: 0.15 to 0.58; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Gait speed is independently associated with death, hospitalization for HF, and all-cause hospitalization and improves risk stratification in older patients with HF evaluated using the Cardiac and Comorbid Conditions Heart Failure score. Assessment of frailty using gait speed is simple and should be part of the clinical evaluation process.

Incremental value of gait speed in predicting prognosis of older adults with heart failure. insights from the IMAGE-HF study / Pulignano, Giovanni; Del Sindaco, Donatella; Di Lenarda, Andrea; Alunni, Gianfranco; Senni, Michele; Tarantini, Luigi; Cioffi, Giovanni; Tinti, MARIA DENITZA; Barbati, Giulia; Minardi, Giovanni; Uguccioni, Massimo; Gaschino, Giovanni; Tarantini, Luigi; Cioffi, Giovanni; Di Lenarda, Andrea; Russo, Giulia; Radini, Donatella; Stellato, Kira; Senni, Michele; Alunni, Gianfranco; Murrone, Adriano; Zuchi, Cinzia; Pulignano, Giovanni; Del Sindaco, Donatella; Tolone, Stefano; Tinti, MARIA DENITZA; Monzo, Luca; Minardi, Giovanni; Uguccioni, Massimo. - In: JACC. HEART FAILURE. - ISSN 2213-1779. - STAMPA. - 4:4(2016), pp. 289-298. [10.1016/j.jchf.2015.12.017]

Incremental value of gait speed in predicting prognosis of older adults with heart failure. insights from the IMAGE-HF study

TINTI, MARIA DENITZA;BARBATI, GIULIA;MINARDI, Giovanni;TOLONE, STEFANO;TINTI, MARIA DENITZA;MONZO, LUCA;MINARDI, Giovanni;
2016

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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between gait speed and the risk for death and/or hospital admission in older patients with heart failure (HF). BACKGROUND Gait speed is a reliable single marker of frailty in older people and can predict falls, disability, hospital admissions, and mortality. METHODS In total, 331 community-living patients $70 years of age (mean age 78 6 years, 43% women, mean ejection fraction 35 11%, mean New York Heart Association functional class 2.7 0.6) in stable condition and receiving optimized therapy for chronic HF were prospectively enrolled and followed for 1 year. Gait speed was measured at the usual pace over 4 m, and cutoffs were defined by tertiles: #0.65, 0.66 to 0.99, and $1.0 m/s. RESULTS There was a significant association between gait speed tertiles and 1-year mortality: 38.3%, 21.9%, and 9.1% (p < 0.001), respectively. On multivariate analysis, gait speed was associated with a lower risk for all-cause death (hazard ratio: 0.62; 95% confidence interval: 0.43 to 0.88) independently of age, ejection fraction <20%, systolic blood pressure, anemia, and absence of beta-blocker therapy. Gait speed was also associated with a lower risk for hospital- ization for HF and all-cause hospitalization. When gait speed was added to the multiparametric Cardiac and Comorbid Conditions Heart Failure risk score, it improved the accuracy of risk stratification for all-cause death (net reclassification improvement 0.49; 95% confidence interval: 0.26 to 0.73, p < 0.001) and HF admissions (net reclassification improvement 0.37; 95% confidence interval: 0.15 to 0.58; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Gait speed is independently associated with death, hospitalization for HF, and all-cause hospitalization and improves risk stratification in older patients with HF evaluated using the Cardiac and Comorbid Conditions Heart Failure score. Assessment of frailty using gait speed is simple and should be part of the clinical evaluation process.
2016
elderly; gait speed; heart failure; hospitalization; prognosis; aged; blood pressure; cause of death; echocardiography; female; follow-up studies; heart failure; humans; italy; male; prognosis; risk factors; stroke volume; walking speed; risk assessment; cardiology and cardiovascular medicine
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Incremental value of gait speed in predicting prognosis of older adults with heart failure. insights from the IMAGE-HF study / Pulignano, Giovanni; Del Sindaco, Donatella; Di Lenarda, Andrea; Alunni, Gianfranco; Senni, Michele; Tarantini, Luigi; Cioffi, Giovanni; Tinti, MARIA DENITZA; Barbati, Giulia; Minardi, Giovanni; Uguccioni, Massimo; Gaschino, Giovanni; Tarantini, Luigi; Cioffi, Giovanni; Di Lenarda, Andrea; Russo, Giulia; Radini, Donatella; Stellato, Kira; Senni, Michele; Alunni, Gianfranco; Murrone, Adriano; Zuchi, Cinzia; Pulignano, Giovanni; Del Sindaco, Donatella; Tolone, Stefano; Tinti, MARIA DENITZA; Monzo, Luca; Minardi, Giovanni; Uguccioni, Massimo. - In: JACC. HEART FAILURE. - ISSN 2213-1779. - STAMPA. - 4:4(2016), pp. 289-298. [10.1016/j.jchf.2015.12.017]
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