Determinants and reference values of the 6-min walk distance in the general population—results of the population-based STAAB cohort study

2,762 residents of Würzburg, Germany, aged 30 to 79 years, without a history of heart failure, mean age 58, 51% female. A subgroup of 681 'apparently healthy' individuals without cardiovascular risk factors was used to derive reference percentiles.

Determinants of the 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) and derivation of age- and height-specific reference percentiles using a 15-m hallwaysurrogate