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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Resuscitation. 2012 Jul 21;83(11):1343–1348. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.07.013

Early vs. later survival to hospital discharge, stratified by site. Early survival includes individuals surviving up to one calendar day after cardiac arrest. Later survival includes early survivors progressing to hospital discharge. Odds ratios referenced to largest site and adjusted for age, sex, public location, witnessed arrest, bystander CPR, and bystander AED use. Based upon those with known initial ECG rhythm and with complete covariates.

Early Survival
Later Survival
Unadjusted
Model
Site
Effect
Adjusted
Model
Site
Effect
Unadjusted
Model
Site
Effect
Adjusted
Model
Site
Effect
Site N OR 95% CI p-value OR 95% CI p-value N OR 95% CI p-value OR p-value
Initial ECG VF/VT
1 764 (ref) <0.001 (ref) <0.001 202 (ref) <0.001 (ref) <0.001
2 671 1.06 (0.84, 1.34) 1.08 (0.85, 1.38) 186 0.48 (0.32, 0.73) 0.42 (0.27, 0.66)
3 623 2.33 (1.86, 2.92) 2.44 (1.93, 3.08) 285 0.78 (0.54, 1.14) 0.84 (0.56, 1.26)
4 244 1.02 (0.74, 1.42) 1.06 (0.73, 1.54) 66 0.26 (0.14, 0.46) 0.29 (0.14, 0.59)
5 418 3.28 (2.56, 4.22) 2.87 (2.20, 3.73) 227 1.23 (0.82, 1.84) 1.09 (0.70, 1.69)
6 409 1.60 (1.24, 2.07) 1.39 (1.05, 1.84) 150 1.03 (0.66, 1.61) 1.21 (0.73, 2.00)
7 233 1.68 (1.23, 2.29) 1.44 (1.04, 2.01) 88 1.23 (0.71, 2.11) 1.12 (0.62, 2.01)
8 181 1.30 (0.92, 1.85) 1.10 (0.76, 1.60) 58 1.06 (0.57, 1.97) 1.05 (0.54, 2.07)
9 123 1.54 (1.03, 2.30) 1.49 (0.98, 2.27) 44 0.74 (0.38, 1.45) 0.86 (0.42, 1.76)
10 97 0.35 (0.18, 0.68) 0.33 (0.17, 0.65) 11 0.90 (0.26, 3.18) 0.70 (0.18, 2.77)
Total 3,763 1,318
Initial ECG non-VF/VT
1 2,712 (ref) <0.001 (ref) <0.001 180 (ref) <0.001 (ref) 0.02
2 1,891 1.19 (0.95, 1.49) 1.14 (0.90, 1.43) 147 0.78 (0.48, 1.26) 0.85 (0.52, 1.40)
3 1,361 1.25 (0.98, 1.60) 1.26 (0.98, 1.62) 111 0.80 (0.47, 1.35) 0.82 (0.48, 1.41)
4 1,223 1.59 (1.25, 2.02) 1.40 (1.05, 1.87) 124 0.75 (0.45, 1.25) 0.78 (0.42, 1.45)
5 934 2.36 (1.86, 2.98) 2.43 (1.91, 3.12) 134 1.37 (0.86, 2.19) 1.35 (0.83, 2.22)
6 776 2.27 (1.77, 2.93) 1.87 (1.42, 2.46) 108 0.99 (0.59, 1.66) 1.16 (0.65, 2.07)
7 877 1.79 (1.38, 2.32) 1.47 (1.12, 1.92) 99 1.40 (0.84, 2.34) 1.56 (0.90, 2.70)
8 447 1.89 (1.37, 2.62) 1.57 (1.12, 2.19) 53 1.42 (0.75, 2.67) 1.48 (0.75, 2.89)
9 404 1.72 (1.21, 2.43) 1.59 (1.12, 2.28) 44 0.72 (0.34, 1.52) 0.77 (0.35, 1.68)
10 254 1.33 (0.84, 2.12) 1.02 (0.63, 1.64) 22 0.10 (0.01, 0.78) 0.11 (0.01, 0.82)
Total 10,879 1,022