| Activity level: Poor (1-3 METs) |
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| Eating, walking at 2-3 mph, getting dressed, light housework (washing dishes) |
| Activity level: Moderate (4-7 METs) |
| 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) |
| Doubles tennis, calisthenics without weights, golfing without cart |
| Activity level: Excellent (>10 METs) |
| Strenuous sports such as football, basketball, singles tennis, karate, jogging 10-minute mile or more, chopping wood |
METs, Metabolic equivalents (1 MET ¼ 3.5 mL kg-1 min-1 oxygen uptake).
From Chaikof EL, Brewster DC, Dalman RL, Makaroun MS, Illig KA, Sicard GA, et al. The care of patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm: the Society for Vascular Surgery practice guidelines. J Vasc Surg 2009;50(Suppl):S2-49; originally adapted from Hlatky MA, Boineau RE, Higginbotham MB, Lee KL, Mark DB, Califf RM, et al. A brief self-administered questionnaire to determine functional capacity (the Duke Activity Status Index). Am J Cardiol 1989;64:651-4.