TY  - JOUR
T1  - GAit speed and high blood pressure
AU  - Rozzini R, Trabucchi M
Y1  - 2013/02/25
N1  - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1623
JO  - JAMA Internal Medicine
SP  - 324
EP  - 325
VL  - 173
IS  - 4
N2  - 
We examined the association of gait speed and mortality in a sample of 461 elderly patients (mean [SD] age, 79.3 [7.0]; 72.1% female) consecutively admitted to a geriatric rehabilitation ward (Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Poliambulanza Hospital, Brescia, Italy) during a 12-month period. Patients underwent a multidimensional evaluation including physical and mental health using a standard protocol.3 Patients were divided into 4 strata of gait speed as assessed by the Physical Performance Test.4 Because gait speed is assumed to detect a condition of multiorgan frailty, patients with major stroke or hip fracture (diseases directly and severely affecting disability) were excluded from the study.

SN  - 2168-6106
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1623
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1623
ER  -