| Activity level: Poor (1-3 METs) |
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| Examples of activity level |
| Eating, walking at 2-3 miles per hour, getting dressed, light housework (washing dishes) |
| Activity level: Moderate (4-7 METs) |
| Examples of activity level |
| Climbing a flight of stairs or walking up a hill, running a short distance, heavy housework (scrubbing floors or moving furniture) |
| Activity level: Good (7-10 METs) |
| Examples of activity level |
| Doubles tennis, calisthenics without weights, golfing without cart |
| Activity level: Excellent (>10 METs) |
| Examples of activity level |
| Strenuous sports such as football, basketball, singles tennis, karate, jogging 10 minute mile or greater, chopping wood |
MET, Metabolic equivalent unit (1 MET = 3.5 mL x kg-1 x min-1 oxygen uptake).
Adapted from The Duke Activity Status Index (Hlatky MA, Boineau RE, Higginbotham MB, Lee KL, Mark DB, Califf RM, et al. A brief selfadministered questionnaire to determine functional capacity (the Duke Activity Status Index). Am J Cardiol 1989;64:651-4. and Nelson CL, Herndon JE, Mark DB, Pryor DB, Califf RM, Hlatky MA. Relation of clinical and angiographic factors to functional capacity as measured by the Duke Activity Status Index. Am J Cardiol 1991;68:973-5.).