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. 2017 Dec 21;12(12):e0189412. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189412

Table 3. Differences of the outcomes between 1st chest compression cycle and 2nd to the last chest compression cycle.

Primary outcome Group A Group B Group C Group D P-value
Difference of the sufficient CC ratio-%, median (IQR Q1-Q3)          
    Whole -4 (-36-1) -3 (-17-0) 0 (-5-4) 0 (-3-4) <0.01
    Male 0 (-9-3) 0 (-13-2) 0 (0–3) 0 (-1-9) 0.4
    Female -14 (-39-1) -7 (-25-0) 0 (-16-12) 0 (-18-3) 0.03
Secondary outcome          
Difference of the CC quickness-times/min, median (IQR Q1-Q3)          
    Whole -6 (-10—1) -4 (-10-1) -5 (-9–1) -1 (-5-2) <0.01
    Male -5 (-8—2) -4 (-8—2) -5 (-6—1) -2 (-7-2) 0.49
    Female -7 (-11—1) -3 (-10—2) -7 (-10—4) 0 (-4-2) <0.01
Difference of the sufficient chest-recoil ratio-%,median (IQR Q1-Q3)          
    Whole 0 (-6-5) 0 (-1-9) 0 (-2-9) 0 (-4-6) 0.94
    Male 0 (-9-9) 0 (-9-10) 0 (0–15) 1 (0–22) 0.68
    Female 0 (-4-1) 0 (-1-1) -1 (-6-1) 0 (-13-3) 0.85

CC, chest compression; IQR, interquartile range