Being able to walk up four flights of stairs without stopping for a break is key to avoiding an early death, researchers say. Being able to walk up four flights of stairs, without stopping for a break, is key to avoiding an early death from heart disease and even cancer, a scientist has claimed (stock)Researchers from the University Hospital Coruña in Galicia analysed people with diagnosed or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). Good functional capacity was defined as being able to achieve ten METs during the treadmill test before becoming breathless. The participants were divided into two groups – good functional capacity or poor functional capacity of less than ten METs. 'If you can walk very fast up three floors of stairs without stopping, or fast up four floors without stopping, you have good functional capacity.

Source: Daily Mail December 06, 2018 13:02 UTC