Table 1 Health categories
From: The six-minute walk test in community dwelling elderly: influence of health status.
Health Category | Description * | Clinical examples |
|---|---|---|
A A1 | Completely healthy; no medication | Â |
   A2 | Completely healthy; using only preventive medication | Hormonal replacement therapy, aspirin, ... |
B B1 | Functioning normally; presence of stabilised, non cardiovascular disease; absence of cardiovascular abnormalities | treated hypothyroidism, stable diabetes, ... |
   B2 | Functioning normally; using medication with cardiovascular effect, no overt cardiovascular disease other than normalized arterial hypertension | Arterial hypertension; β blocking agent, ... |
C | (history of) cardio-vascular pathology or abnormal ECG. | Bundle branch block; angina, CABG; ... |
D | Presenting signs of acute or active disease at the moment of examination. | bronchospasm, swollen joints, influenza, ... |