The Factors Related to the 6 Minute Walk Test: The Experience of a Referral Lung Transplantation Center

Objectives: The 6-minute-walk test is a practical and widely used test, which indicates the exercise capacity in patients with a severe pulmonary disease. The study aims to investigate the related factors with the 6-minute-walk test in lung transplantation candidates. Materials and Method: The data were collected retrospectively from 349 patients, between January 2012 and September 2020. The patients were grouped according to their underlying lung disease as obstructive lung diseases, interstitial lung diseases, and infective lung diseases. The data collected included patient demographics, gender, body mass index, artery blood gas, the results of the respiratory function test, six-minute walk test, long-term oxygen therapy, and the need for non-invasive mechanical ventilation [such as group 1 (6MWD

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