Table 5.

Adjusted Estimates of the Association of BMI with Survival Outcomes in Patients with Asystole and PEA Arrests.^* [BMI, body mass index; PEA, pulseless electrical activity; ROSC, return of spontaneous circulation]

	SURVIVAL TO DISCHARGE		ROSC		POST-ARREST SURVIVAL
BMI (kg/m2)	Adjusted OR	P value	Adjusted OR	P value	Adjusted OR	P value
<18.5	0.67 (0.54, 0.82)	<.001	0.95 (0.84, 1.08)	0.46	0.63 (0.50, 0.78)	<.001
18.5 to 24.9	0.94 (0.84, 1.06)	0.30	1.04 (0.96, 1.12)	0.38	0.91 (0.80, 1.03)	0.15
25.0 to 29.9	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
30.0 to 34.9	1.08 (0.95, 1.24)	0.24	1.08 (0.98, 1.19)	0.13	1.06 (0.91, 1.23)	0.47
≥ 35.0	0.97 (0.85, 1.11)	0.68	0.99 (0.90, 1.10)	0.91	0.98 (0.84, 1.14)	0.81

^*Models included demographic characteristics, initial cardiac arrest rhythm (VF vs. VT or PEA vs. asystole), cardiac arrest location, and time of cardiac arrest, regardless of significance level. In addition, other variables with a univariate association (p<0.10) with each survival outcome were included in final models. These included pre-arrest characteristics (i.e., clinical comorbidities), arrest characteristics, and interventions in place prior to cardiac arrest, as outlined in Table 1.