Faster Walking Is Linked to Longer Life for People 75 or Older
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Doctors can measure how fast elderly patients walk to help estimate their life expectancy and determine medical care, according to a research analysis.
At age 75, 10-year survival for the fastest men in nine clinical trials was 87 percent compared with 19 percent for the slowest, said researchers led by Stephanie Studenski, a professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, in a statement. For the fastest women that age, such survival was 91 percent compared with 35 percent for the slowest.