Community walking speed, sedentary or lying down time, and mortality in peripheral artery disease

In conclusion, slower walking speed outside the home and less than 8 hours or more than 9 hours lying down per day are potentially modifiable behaviors associated with increased CVD mortality in patients with PAD.

Source: Vascular Medicine - March 17, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: McDermott, M. M., Guralnik, J. M., Ferrucci, L., Tian, L., Kibbe, M. R., Greenland, P., Green, D., Liu, K., Zhao, L., Wilkins, J. T., Huffman, M. D., Shah, S. J., Liao, Y., Gao, Y., Lloyd-Jones, D. M., Criqui, M. H. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research