Gait Speed and Mortality Risk Among Community-dwelling Older Adults with Heart Disease: Evidence from the RAND HRS

Learning Objectives:

• To present the association of gait speed and mortality in community-dwelling older adults with heart disease
• To present the use of gait speed as a simple measure of physical function and as a prognostic marker for mortality for older adults with heart disease that can be used in the clinic
• To present a retrospective cohort study using a nationally representative longitudinal study to examine gait speed and mortality in older adults with heart disease