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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Resuscitation. 2010 Feb 1;81(5):518–523. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.030

Table 5.

Multivariable Logistic Regression Model Assessing the Effect of Bypass of Closest Hospital on Survival to Hospital Discharge, Adjusting for Potential Confounders

Odds Ratio 95% Confidence Interval
Transport to Closest Hospital 0.82 (0.69, 0.97)
Male 0.90 (0.69, 1.07)
Age (per year) 1.05 (1.02, 1.08)
Non-VF/VT Initial Rhythm 0.19 (0.16, 0.22)
Witnessed 2.14 (1.76, 2.61)
Bystander Resuscitation 2.29 (1.05, 4.98)
Bystander AED 3.53 (2.27, 5.47)
Response time 0.67 (0.57, 0.79)
Site 2 1.58 (0.68, 3.66)
Site 3 4.86 (2.09, 11.3)
Site 4 11.5 (5.08, 25.9)
Site 5 3.51 (1.58, 7.76)
Site 6 4.16 (1.76, 9.85)
Site 7 5.76 (2.58, 12.9)
Site 8 15.1 (6.77, 33.5)
Site 9 5.30 (2.41, 11.6)
Site 10 8.54 (3.89, 18.8)
ALS first responder 1.16 (0.94, 1.43)

VF/VT: Ventricular Fibrillation/Ventricular Tachycardia

AED: Automated External Defibrillator

ALS: Advanced Life Support was first on scene