Slow walking speed linked with premature death in kidney disease patients
Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 16:33
in Health & Medicine
In patients with chronic kidney disease, measures of lower extremity performance were at least 30 percent lower than predicted, but handgrip strength was relatively preserved. Each 0.1-meter per second slower walking speed was linked with a 26 percent higher risk for death over an average three-year follow-up period.