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ArticleCirculation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes2013

Walking impairment questionnaire improves mortality risk prediction models in a high-risk cohort independent of peripheral arterial disease status.

Kevin T Nead, Margaret Zhou, Roxanne Diaz Caceres, Jeffrey W Olin, John P Cooke, Nicholas J Leeper

Registry-linked trialOpen access · bronzeAbstract readMulticenter Study
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Article in Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06566976 (Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation in PAD), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06566976 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation in PAD: A Randomized Exercise Intervention Trial (PREPARE-IT)

TypeinterventionalSponsorPalo Alto Veterans Institute for ResearchRan2024 to 2027Enrolled300ConditionsPeripheral Arterial DiseaseArmsExercise Intervention, VAPAHCS Rehabilitation Core Components
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Exercise Therapy in the Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes · 2023
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  4. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health lifestyle in patients with peripheral artery disease: A cross-sectional study.Journal of vascular nursing : official publication of the Society for Peripheral Vascular Nursing · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kevin T NeadDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine and Division of Vascular Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. ktnead@stanford.edu
Margaret Zhou
Roxanne Diaz Caceres
Jeffrey W Olin
John P Cooke
Nicholas J Leeper
Cardiovascular Institute of the South · US

Funding

XOLAIR IN SUBJECTS WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE ATOPIC DERMATITIS WITH FOOD ALLERGYM01RR000070 · NCRR · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI COUTRE, STEVEN E · 1985 to 2008
$32.4M
Genetic Determinants of PADR01HL075774 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI COOKE, JOHN P · 2003 to 2007
$5.0M
Stanford Career Development in Vascular MedicineK12HL087746 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI DALMAN, RONALD L · 2007 to 2012
$3.5M
NCRR NIH HHS M01 RR000070NHLBI NIH HHS K12 HL087746NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL075774
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Walking Impairment Questionnaire (WIQ) is a subjective measure of patient-reported walking performance developed for peripheral arterial disease. The purpose of this study is to examine whether this simple tool can improve the predictive capacity of established risk models and whether the WIQ can be used in patients without peripheral arterial disease. METHODS AND

resultsAt baseline we assessed the walking distance, stair-climbing, and walking speed WIQ category scores among individuals who were undergoing coronary angiography. During a median follow-up of 5.0 years, there were 172 mortalities among 1417 study participants. Adjusted Cox proportional hazards models showed that all 3 WIQ categories independently predicted future all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, including among individuals without peripheral arterial disease (P<0.001). Compared with the cardiovascular risk factors model, we observed significantly increased risk discrimination with a C-index of 0.741 (change in C-index, 0.040; 95% confidence interval, 0.011-0.068) and 0.832 (change in C-index, 0.080; 95% confidence interval, 0.034-0.126) for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, respectively. Examination of risk reclassification using the net reclassification improvement index showed a 48.4% (P<0.001) improvement for all-cause mortality and a 77.4% (P<0.001) improvement for cardiovascular mortality compared with the cardiovascular risk factors model.

conclusionsAll 3 WIQ categories independently predicted future all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Importantly, we found that this subjective measure of walking ability could be extended to patients without peripheral arterial disease. The addition of the WIQ scores to established cardiovascular risk models significantly improved risk discrimination and reclassification, suggesting broad clinical use for this simple, inexpensive test.

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Disability EvaluationExercise ToleranceSurveys and QuestionnairesWalkingAgedCaliforniaCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseFemaleHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedNew YorkPeripheral Arterial DiseasePredictive Value of Testshigh-risk populationsmortalityperipheral artery diseaserisk factors

Identifiers

PMID23633217
PMCPMC4193339
OpenAlexW2043865401

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