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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 25.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2012 Oct 25;367(17):1607–1615. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1110700

Table 2.

Final Adjusted Model for Provision of Bystander-Initiated CPR.*

Variable Odds Ratio (95% CI) P Value
Individual level
Age in decades 0.94 (0.92–0.96) <0.001
Sex
 Male 1.00
 Female 1.01 (0.93–1.09) 0.87
Race or ethnic group
 White 1.00
 Black 0.78 (0.70–0.87) <0.001
 Hispanic 0.73 (0.61–0.87) 0.001
 Other 0.94 (0.74–1.21) 0.65
 Unknown 0.80 (0.72–0.89) <0.001
Witnessing of cardiac arrest
 Unwitnessed 1.00
 Witnessed 2.01 (1.85–2.17) <0.001
Location of cardiac arrest
 Private 1.00
 Public 1.70 (1.54–1.87) <0.001
Neighborhood level
Median household income and racial composition
 ≥$40,000 and >80% white 1.00
 ≥$40,000 and integrated 1.03 (0.64–1.65) 0.90
 ≥$40,000 and >80% black 0.77 (0.68–0.86) <0.001
 <$40,000 and >80% white 0.65 (0.51–0.82) <0.001
 <$40,000 and integrated 0.62 (0.56–0.70) <0.001
 <$40,000 and >80% black 0.49 (0.41–0.58) <0.001
*

The predictive accuracy of this model was assessed with the use of measures of calibration and discrimination. The goodness-of-fit P value on Hosmer–Lemeshow testing was 0.23 (calibration), and the area under the receiver- operating-characteristic curve was 0.64 (discrimination) (see the Supplementary Appendix).

For every 10-year increase in age after the age of 18, there was an associated decrease in the likelihood of having bystander-initiated CPR performed.