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Table 1 Patient characteristics in the biomarker substudy and the patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and a shockable rhythm in the main FINNRESUSCI Study

From: Prognostic value of high-sensitivity troponin T levels in patients with ventricular arrhythmias and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: data from the prospective FINNRESUSCI study

 

Biomarker substudy

Main study

(n =155)

(n =311)

Age

63 (56 to 72)

63 (56 to 72)

Male sex, n (%)

132 (85%)

253 (81%)

Coronary artery disease, n (%)

50 (32%)

113 (36%)

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

33 (21%)

59 (19%)

Hypertension, n (%)

70 (45%)

140 (45%)

Heart failure, n (%)

23 (15%)

45 (15%)

SAPS II score

58 (40 to 69)

54 (39 to 66)

Resuscitation

  

Witnessed cardiac arrest, n (%)

143 (92%)

288 (93%)

Bystander CPR, n (%)

105 (68%)

195 (63%)

Time to ROSC, minutes

20 (14 to 29)

20 (14 to 27)

Treatment during ICU stay

  

Awake on ICU admission, n (%)

9 (6%)

30 (10%)

Therapeutic hypothermia, n (%)

134 (87%)

241 (78%)

Coronary angiography, n (%)

34 (22%)

72 (23%)

PCI, n (%)

15 (10%)

38 (12%)

Infection

  

Pneumonia, n (%)

64 (41%)

111 (36%)

Sepsis, n (%)

9 (6%)

14 (5%)

Outcome

  

Mechanical ventilation, h

50 (40 to 79)

46 (35 to 72)

ICU LOS, days

3.2 (2.2 to 5.0)

2.9 (1.9 to 4.8)

Hospital mortality, n (%)

45 (29%)

96 (31%)

Mortality after 1 year, n (%)

59 (38%)

124 (40%)

CPC 3 to 5 after 1 year, n (%)

65 (42%)

136 (44%)

  1. n, number of patients; hs-TnT, high-sensitivity troponin T; SAPS II, simplified acute physiology score II; CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; ROSC, return of spontaneous circulation; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; LOS, length of stay; CPC, cerebral performance categories. Continuous data are presented as median (quartile 1 to 3).