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Improving exercise capacity during cardiac rehabilitation is essential to reduce morbidity and mortality risks. The objective of this study was to closely examine the beneficial changes in exercise capacity of older patients of both sexes during cardiac rehabilitation and to identify the most important predictors of the change in exercise capacity. <\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p> A sample of 13,612 patients (mean age\u2009=\u200969.10\u2009\u00b1\u200911.8 years, 63.7% men, 19%\u2009&gt;\u200980 years) was analysed. Data were prospectively assessed from 2012\u20132018 in six Swiss in-patient cardiovascular rehabilitation clinics. Improvement in exercise capacity measured with the six-minute walking test represents the outcome variable. Univariate and multivariate analyses, as well as the random forest method were used to estimate variable importance. <\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p> Mean improvement in the six-minute walking test was 113.5\u2009\u00b1\u200990.5\u2009m (men\u2009=\u2009118.7\u2009\u00b1\u2009110.0; women\u2009=\u2009104.4\u2009\u00b1\u200993.0, Cohen\u2019s d\u2009=\u20090.16). The presence of heart failure, diabetes mellitus and psychiatric diagnoses was related to reduced but nonetheless clinically relevant six-minute walking test improvement. Random forest analysis suggests that baseline exercise capacity, age, time in rehabilitation and heart failure were the most important predictors for improvement in exercise capacity. 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