Predictive Significance of the Six-Minute Walk Distance for Long-Term Survival in Chronic Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure
- 9 October 2007
- journal article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Respiration
- Vol. 75 (4) , 418-426
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000109662
Abstract
The 6-min walk distance (6-MWD) is a global marker of functional capacity and prognosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but less explored in other chronic respiratory diseases. To study the role of 6-MWD in chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (CHRF). In 424 stable patients with CHRF and non-invasive ventilation (NIV) comprising COPD (n = 197), restrictive diseases (RD; n = 112) and obesity-hypoventilation-syndrome (OHS; n = 115), the prognostic value of 6-MWD for long-term survival was assessed in relation to that of body mass index (BMI), lung function, respiratory muscle function and laboratory parameters. 6-MWD was reduced in patients with COPD (median 280 m; quartiles 204/350 m) and RD (290 m; 204/362 m) compared to OHS (360 m; 275/440 m; p < 0.001 each). Overall mortality during 24.9 (13.1/40.5) months was 22.9%. In the 424 patients with CHRF, 6-MWD independently predicted mortality in addition to BMI, leukocytes and forced expiratory volume in 1 s (p < 0.05 each). In COPD, 6-MWD was strongly associated with mortality using the median [p < 0.001, hazard ratio (HR) = 3.75, 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.24-6.38] or quartiles as cutoff levels. In contrast, 6-MWD was only significantly associated with impaired survival in RD patients when it was reduced to 204 m or less (1st quartile; p = 0.003, HR = 3.31, 95% CI: 1.73-14.10), while in OHS 6-MWD had not any prognostic value. In patients with CHRF and NIV, 6-MWD was predictive for long-term survival particularly in COPD. In RD only severely reduced 6-MWD predicted mortality, while in OHS 6-MWD was relatively high and had no prognostic value. These results support a disease-specific use of 6-MWD in the routine assessment of patients with CHRF.Keywords
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