Analyzing six minute walk distances from 822 people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in an interferon-gamma-1b clinical trial, du Bois et al found those whose decline in six minute walk test distance was >50 meters in 24 weeks had a four-fold risk of death within one year.
Six-minute walk test is useful in the sickest…
Analyzing six minute walk distances from 822 people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in an interferon-gamma-1b clinical trial, du Bois et al found those whose decline in six minute walk test distance was >50 meters in 24 weeks had a four-fold risk of death within one year.