Reference Values for the 6-min Walk Distance in Healthy Children Age 7 to 12 Years in Brazil: Main Results of the TC6minBrasil Multi-Center Study
| Autor: | Tc minBrasil Investigators, Patrícia de Sá Barros, Marcelo Velloso, Vitor Oliveira Carvalho, Marcelo Fernandes, Eliane Maria de Carvalho, Juliana Valente Francica, Mansueto Gomes-Neto, Valter J. Santana-Filho, Daisy Satomi Ykeda, Alessandro dos Santos Pin, Carlos Raphael Araujo Daniel, Luiza Martins Faria, Marlus Karsten, Lucas de Assis Pereira Cacau |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study Walk Test 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 6 min walk 03 medical and health sciences Sex Factors 0302 clinical medicine Heart Rate Reference Values medicine Humans Statistical analysis 030212 general & internal medicine Child Socioeconomic status business.industry Walk distance Body Weight Mathematical Concepts General Medicine Healthy Volunteers Cross-Sectional Studies Walk test Reference values Multi center study Female business Brazil Demography |
| Zdroj: | Respiratory Care. 63:339-346 |
| ISSN: | 1943-3654 0020-1324 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION: Brazil is a country with great climatic, socioeconomic, and cultural differences that does not yet have a reference value for the 6-min walk test (6MWT) in healthy children. To avoid misinterpretation, the use of equations to predict the maximum walk distance should be established in each country. OBJECTIVES: We sought to establish reference values and to develop an equation to predict the 6-min walk distance for healthy children in Brazil. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional multi-center study that included 1,496 healthy children, aged 7 to 12 y, assessed across 11 research sites in all regions of Brazil, and recruited from public and private schools in their respective regions. Each child was assessed for weight and height. Walk distance was our main outcome. An open-source software environment for statistical computing was used for statistical analysis. RESULTS: We observed a higher average distance walked by boys (531.1 m) than by girls (506.2 m), with a difference of 24.9 m ( P CONCLUSION: Reference values were established for the 6MWT in healthy children aged 7–12 y in Brazil. |
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