{"title":"[Six minute walk test: From normal to morbid obesity subject].","authors":"Luis-Efrén Santos-Martínez, Noé Osegueda-Palomera, Caleb Montoya-Landa, Raúl Reséndiz-Herrera, Adriana Ordóñez-Reyna, Juan-José Arroyo-González, Javier Quevedo-Paredes, Luis-Antonio Moreno-Ruiz","doi":"10.24875/ACM.22000079","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Morbid obesity is associated with alterations in the ability to walk, however, the behavior of the 6-minute walk test in subjects with increases in body mass index is unknown.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To describe the behavior of the 6-minute walk test in subjects with normal body mass index to morbid obesity.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Through an analytical cross-sectional design, subjects of both genders from 18 to 60 years old with body mass index were studied: Normal (BMI:18.5-24.9); overweight (BMI:25-29.9); obesity (BMI:30-39.9); morbid obesity (BMI:>40) kg/m<sup>2</sup>. A 6-minute walk test was performed, demographic variables and pathological personal history were delimited. BMI categories were analyzed with one-way ANOVA and Bonferroni adjustment, and gender with t-test, both for independent groups, and Pearson's correlations for the various variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>480 subjects of both genders were studied in four groups. Age: men 43 ± 11 and women 45 ± 10 years old. Percentage diabetes <i>mellitus</i> (6.7%), arterial hypertension (18.3%). Meters walked men vs. women by body mass index (normal: 483 ± 56 vs. 449 ± 61; overweight: 471 ± 55 vs. 441 ± 44; obesity: 455 ± 70 vs. 421 ± 47; morbid obesity: 443 ± 49 vs. 403 ± 54, p < 0.05). Correlation body mass index-meters walked: r: -0.446 (p < 0.0001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Meters walked in the 6-minute walk test decreased as body mass index increased. The male gender walked more meters in all categories.</p>","PeriodicalId":8360,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico","volume":"93 3","pages":"284-293"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2023-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/fd/34/7567AX223-ACM-93-284.PMC10406474.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.24875/ACM.22000079","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Introduction: Morbid obesity is associated with alterations in the ability to walk, however, the behavior of the 6-minute walk test in subjects with increases in body mass index is unknown.
Objective: To describe the behavior of the 6-minute walk test in subjects with normal body mass index to morbid obesity.
Methods: Through an analytical cross-sectional design, subjects of both genders from 18 to 60 years old with body mass index were studied: Normal (BMI:18.5-24.9); overweight (BMI:25-29.9); obesity (BMI:30-39.9); morbid obesity (BMI:>40) kg/m2. A 6-minute walk test was performed, demographic variables and pathological personal history were delimited. BMI categories were analyzed with one-way ANOVA and Bonferroni adjustment, and gender with t-test, both for independent groups, and Pearson's correlations for the various variables.
Results: 480 subjects of both genders were studied in four groups. Age: men 43 ± 11 and women 45 ± 10 years old. Percentage diabetes mellitus (6.7%), arterial hypertension (18.3%). Meters walked men vs. women by body mass index (normal: 483 ± 56 vs. 449 ± 61; overweight: 471 ± 55 vs. 441 ± 44; obesity: 455 ± 70 vs. 421 ± 47; morbid obesity: 443 ± 49 vs. 403 ± 54, p < 0.05). Correlation body mass index-meters walked: r: -0.446 (p < 0.0001).
Conclusions: Meters walked in the 6-minute walk test decreased as body mass index increased. The male gender walked more meters in all categories.