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Table 1 Baseline patients’ characteristics, comorbidities, pre-hospital settings/interventions of the overall population and stratified according to oxygen values

From: Oxygen targets and 6-month outcome after out of hospital cardiac arrest: a pre-planned sub-analysis of the targeted hypothermia versus targeted normothermia after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (TTM2) trial

 

Overall

(n = 1418, 100.0%)

PaO2 < 60 mmHg

(n = 79, 5.6%)

PaO2 60–300 mmHg

(n = 1239, 87.4%)

PaO2 > 300 mmHg

(n = 100, 7.1%)

p value

Baseline patient characteristics

     

Age, years, median (IQR)

65 (55; 74)

66 (57; 75)

65 (55; 74)

66 (56; 74)

0.415

Gender, female, n (%)

292 (20.6)

13 (16.5)

250 (20.2)

29 (29.0)

0.071

Height, cm, median (IQR)

175 (170; 180)

176 (170; 180)

175 (170; 180)

170 (165; 179)

0.005

Weight, kg, median (IQR)

80 (73; 90)

85 (80; 93)

80 (73; 91)

80 (70; 88)

0.001

BMI, kg/m2, median (IQR)

26.3 (24.1; 29.7)

27.4 (25.0; 30.6)

26.3 (24.1; 29.7)

26.1 (23.3; 28.4)

0.021

Chronic comorbidities

     

Hypertension, yes, n (%)

504 (35.5)

25 (31.6)

449 (36.2)

30 (30.0)

0.115

Diabetes mellitus, yes, n (%)

266 (18.8)

15 (19.0)

234 (18.9)

17 (17.0)

0.896

Myocardial infarction, yes, n (%)

230 (16.2)

14 (17.7)

201 (16.2)

15 (15.0)

0.244

Percutaneous coronary intervention, yes, n (%)

210 (14.8)

14 (17.7)

181 (14.6)

15 (15.0)

0.130

Coronary artery bypass graft, yes, n (%)

112 (7.9)

7 (8.9)

98 (7.9)

7 (7.0)

0.219

Heart failure, yes, n (%)

145 (10.2)

9 (11.4)

127 (10.3)

9 (9.0)

0.206

Charlson comorbidity index, points, median (IQR)

4.0 (2.0; 5.0)

4.0 (3.0; 6.0)

4.0 (2.0; 5.0)

4.0 (2.3; 5.8)

0.517

Pre-hospital setting/interventions

     

Location of cardiac arrest, n (%)

     

Home

741 (52.3)

42 (53.2)

638 (51.5)

61 (61.0)

 

Public place

509 (35.9)

27 (34.2)

452 (36.5)

30 (30.0)

 

Other

168 (11.8)

10 (12.7)

149 (12.0)

9 (9.0)

0.474

Witnessed cardiac arrest, yes, n (%)

1295 (91.3)

71 (89.9)

1131 (91.3)

93 (93.0)

0.753

Bystander performed CPR, yes, n (%)

1148 (81.0)

63 (79.7)

1007 (81.3)

78 (78.0)

0.696

Type of rhythm, n (%)

     

Not shockable

390 (27.5)

24 (30.4)

331 (26.7)

35 (35.0)

 

Shockable

1028 (72.5)

55 (69.6)

908 (73.3)

65 (65.0)

0.558

Time of ROSC, minutes, median (IQR)

25 (17; 39)

25 (19; 39)

25 (17; 39)

25(18.3; 35.8)

0.558

TTM randomization treatment, n (%)

     

Normothermia

712 (50.2)

46 (58.2)

615 (49.6)

51 (51.0)

0.330

Hypothermia

706 (49.8)

33 (41.8)

624 (50.4)

49 (49.0)

 
  1. Data are reported as median (interquartile range, IQR) and number (percentage, %). Legend: n = number of patients, BMI, body mass index, IBW, ideal body weight, ROSC, return of spontaneous circulation, CPR, cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, TTM, target temperature management