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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Serial soluble neurofilament heavy chain in plasma as a marker of brain injury after cardiac arrest

 

Good outcome, n = 48

Poor outcome, n = 42

P value

Age (median, IQR)

62 (50-73)

71 (52-78)

0.062

Male sex

37 (88%)

26 (62%)

0.166

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

41 (85%)

36 (86%)

1.000

Initial rhythm VT/VF (n = 85)

35 (78%)

23 (58%)

0.001

Cardiac cause

39 (81%)

23 (55%)

0.011

  1. n = 90, if not otherwise stated
  2. Good outcome is defined as a best cerebral performance categories scale 1 to 2 during six months follow up; P value from Mann Whitney U test (age), Fisher's exact test for remaining comparisons.
  3. IQR, inter quartile range; VT/VF, pulse-less ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation.
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