Table 3 Outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients after targeted temperature management, by age group and sex

From: The impact of sex and age on neurological outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients with targeted temperature management

	Good neurological outcome					Survival to discharge
	Outcome, n (%)	Crude OR (95% CI)	p Value	Adjusted OR^a (95% CI)	p Value	Outcome, n (%)	Crude OR (95% CI)	p Value	Adjusted OR^a (95% CI)	p Value
Two categorizations
Age < 50 years
Male	92 (48.2)	2.28 (1.38–3.78)	0.001	1.52 (0.77–2.98)	0.226	140 (73.3)	1.77 (1.07–2.93)	0.026	1.14 (0.62–2.11)	0.667
Female	31 (29.0)					65 (60.7)
Age ≥ 50 years
Male	102 (22.2)	1.77 (1.09–2.88)	0.020	1.29 (0.72–2.33)	0.389	275 (59.9)	1.91 (1.34–2.72)	<0.001	1.78 (1.21–2.63)	0.004
Female	24 (13.9)					76 (43.9)
Five categorizations
Age < 40 years
Male	48 (53.9)	2.81 (1.35–5.85)	0.006	1.34 (0.47–3.84)	0.584	62 (69.7)	1.36 (0.66–2.82)	0.402	0.79 (0.31–2.00)	0.620
Female	15 (29.4)					32 (62.7)
Age 40–49 years
Male	44 (43.1)	1.90 (0.94–3.82)	0.073	1.63 (0.65–4.09)	0.297	78 (76.5)	2.27 (1.12–4.57)	0.022	1.48 (0.63–3.43)	0.368
Female	16 (28.6)					33 (58.9)
Age 50–59 years
Male	57 (34.3)	2.54 (1.06–6.09)	0.037	2.31 (0.81–6.63)	0.119	118 (71.1)	2.58 (1.28–5.19)	0.008	2.62 (1.21–5.69)	0.015
Female	7 (10.9)					20 (48.8)
Age 60–69 years
Male	34 (24.3)	2.19 (0.86–5.61)	0.102	1.25 (0.41–3.81)	0.693	87 (62.1)	2.03 (1.04–3.97)	0.038	2.02 (0.95–4.28)	0.068
Female	6 (12.8)					21 (44.7)
Age ≥ 70 years
Male	11 (7.2)	0.52 (0.22–1.26)	0.147	0.56 (0.19–1.63)	0.289	70 (45.8)	1.21 (0.71–2.06)	0.496	1.40 (0.79–2.51)	0.251
Female	11 (12.9)					35 (41.2)

^aAdjusted ORs are adjusted for age, bystander-witnessed status, first recorded rhythm during cardiac arrest, presumed arrest cause, and anoxic time

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