%0 Journal Article
%T Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate and 6-Minute Walk Distance in African Americans with Mild to Moderate Heart Failure
%A Houry Puzantian
%A Karen M. Vuckovic
%J Archive of "Cardiorenal Medicine".
%D 2017
%R 10.1159/000471810
%X The 6-minute walk test is a measure of functional capacity in patients with heart failure (HF) or chronic kidney disease (CKD). The association between estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) has not been investigated in African-Americans (AA), despite them having a higher incidence of CKD and chronic HF. Thus, our aim was to determine if eGFR was an independent predictor of 6MWD in AA >50 years of age with HF
%K Heart failure
%K Kidney disease
%K Functional capacity
%K Six-minute walk test
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5511992/