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. 2021 Mar 2;372:n355. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n355

Table 2.

All cause mortality by oxygen protocol. Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise

High oxygen Low oxygen Unadjused odds ratio (95% CI) P value Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)* P value
All cause mortality†: n=20 304 n=20 568
 30 days 613 (3.0) 642 (3.1) 0.97 (0.86 to 1.08) 0.55 0.96 (0.86 to 1.08) 0.50
 1 year 1726 (8.5) 1682 (8.2) 1.04 (0.97 to 1.12) 0.24 1.05 (0.97 to 1.13) 0.21
STEMI‡: n=2031 n=2128
     30 days 178 (8.8) 225 (10.6) 0.81 (0.66 to 1.00) 0.049 0.78 (0.63 to 0.97) 0.027
     1 year 272 (13.4) 321 (15.1) 0.87 (0.73 to 1.04) 0.12 0.84 (0.70 to 1.01) 0.063
Non-STEMI‡: n=5152 n=5066
     30 days 187 (3.6) 176 (3.5) 1.05 (0.85 to 1.29) 0.67 1.02 (0.83 to 1.27) 0.84
     1 year 555 (10.8) 512 (10.1) 1.07 (0.95 to 1.22) 0.27 1.07 (0.94 to 1.23) 0.31
Unstable angina: n=1606 n=1678
     30 days 13 (0.8) 22 (1.3) 0.61 (0.31 to 1.22) 0.17 0.59 (0.29 to 1.18) 0.14
     1 year 65 (4.0) 76 (4.5) 0.89 (0.63 to 1.25) 0.50 0.85 (0.60 to 1.21) 0.36
Non-ACS: n=9681 n=9838
     30 days 174 (1.8) 175 (1.8) 1.01 (0.82 to 1.25) 0.92 1.04 (0.84 to 1.29) 0.71
     1 year 702 (7.3) 648 (6.6) 1.11 (0.99 to 1.24) 0.067 1.16 (1.03 to 1.30) 0.013
Non-classified diagnosis: n=1834 n=1858
     30 days 61 (3.3) 44 (2.4) 1.42 (0.95 to 2.10) 0.081 1.45 (0.97 to 2.18) 0.072
     1 year 132 (7.2) 125 (6.7) 1.08 (0.83 to 1.39) 0.58 1.09 (0.83 to 1.43) 0.54
Patients with first SpO2§: n=10 137 n=10 293
     30 days 293 (2.9) 315 (3.1) 0.94 (0.80 to 1.11) 0.47 0.91 (0.76 to 1.09) 0.31
     1 year 945 (9.3) 923 (9.0) 1.04 (0.95 to 1.15) 0.38 1.03 (0.92 to 1.14) 0.64

ACS=acute coronary syndrome; NSTEMI=non ST elevation myocardial infarction; STEMI=ST elevation myocardial infarction; SpO2=transcapillary oxygen saturation level.

*

Adjusted for age, sex, region, and diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome. Age is stratified at median age for study population.

Primary outcome.

Prespecified secondary analyses.

§

First oxygen saturation level measured on ambulance arrival. Data are for 20 430 patients from the ambulance ACS pathway only.