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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 25.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Intern Med. 2012 Jun 25;172(12):947–953. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2050

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics for the Derivation and Validation Cohorts

Derivation Cohort (n= 28,629) Validation Cohort (n= 14,328)
DEMOGRAPHICS
 Age
  Mean (SD) 66.0 (15.2) 66.2 (15.4)
  Median (IQR) 68.0 (56.0, 78.0) 68.0 (56.0, 78.0)
 Male Sex, % 16,046 (56.0) 8081 (56.4)
 Black Race, % 5531 (19.3) 2813 (19.6)
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, %
 CPC Score Prior to Arrest
  1 13404 (52.8) 6745 (52.9)
  2 7346 (28.9) 3704 (29.0)
  3 3136 (12.4) 1585 (12.4)
  4 or 5 1498 (5.9) 725 (5.7)
  Missing 3245 (11.3) 1569 (11.0)
 Respiratory Insufficiency 12739 (44.5) 6380 (44.5)
 Renal Insufficiency 10625 (37.1) 5319 (37.1)
 Arrhythmia 10601 (37.0) 5348 (37.3)
 Diabetes Mellitus 9606 (33.6) 4892 (34.1)
 Hypotension 8172 (28.5) 4033 (28.1)
 Heart failure prior to admission 6792 (23.7) 3387 (23.6)
 Heart failure this admission 6039 (21.1) 2983 (20.8)
 Myocardial Infarction prior to admission 5250 (18.3) 2712 (18.9)
 Myocardial Infarction this admission 5399 (18.9) 2668 (18.6)
 Metabolic or Electrolyte Abnormality 5351 (18.7) 2708 (18.9)
 Sepsis 5087 (17.8) 2552 (17.8)
 Pneumonia 4408 (15.4) 2110 (14.7)
 Metastatic or Hematologic Malignancy 3444 (12.0) 1721 (12.0)
 Baseline Depression in CNS Function 3810 (13.3) 1867 (13.0)
 Hepatic Insufficiency 2489 (8.7) 1221 (8.5)
 Acute CNS non-Stroke event 2388 (8.3) 1172 (8.2)
 Acute Stroke 1212 (4.2) 622 (4.3)
 Major Trauma 1002 (3.5%) 486 (3.4%)

Abbreviations: CNS, central nervous system; CPC, Cerebral Performance Score; IQR, inter-quartile range; SD, standard deviation.