Table 1.
Descriptive and bivariable analysis by the nonwhite race in cardiac arrest (N = 3,952)∗.
| Variable no. (%) | Sample, N = 3,952 | White, N = 1,333 (33.73%) | Nonwhite, N = 2,619 (66.27%) | p value |
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| Demographics | ||||
| Age, mean (SD) | 63.21 (15.44) | 65.53 (15.70) | 62.03 (15.17) | <0.001 |
| Female | 1,654 (41.85) | 474 (35.56) | 1,180 (45.06) | <0.001 |
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| Race | <0.001 | |||
| White | 1,333 (33.73) | 1,333 (100.00) | 0 (0.00) | |
| Black | 1,666 (42.16) | 0 (0.00) | 1,666 (63.61) | |
| Hispanic | 767 (19.41) | 0 (0.00) | 767 (29.29) | |
| Other | 186 (4.71) | 0 (0.00) | 186 (7.10) | |
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| Arrest | ||||
| No witness | 1,291 (32.67) | 424 (31.81) | 867 (33.10) | 0.411 |
| Before 911 | 3,211 (81.25) | 1,133 (85.00) | 2,078 (79.34) | <0.001 |
| Bystander CPR | 1,203 (30.46) | 487 (36.59) | 716 (27.35) | <0.001 |
| CPR delay | 712 (51.82) | 321 (61.97) | 391 (45.68) | <0.001 |
| No AED | 1,049 (64.32) | 349 (58.56) | 700 (67.63) | <0.001 |
| Asystole | 2,577 (65.21) | 789 (59.19) | 1,788 (68.27) | <0.001 |
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| Hospital | ||||
| THP | 1,118 (45.73) | 363 (46.07) | 755 (45.56) | 0.816 |
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| Discharge | ||||
| Death | 2,639 (66.78) | 888 (66.62) | 1,751 (66.86) | 0.879 |
| Nonhome | 635 (48.77) | 209 (47.29) | 426 (49.53) | 0.442 |
| Poor neurological | 296 (72.20) | 87 (60.84) | 209 (78.28) | <0.001 |
∗ No., number; SD, standard deviation; CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; AED, automated external defibrillator; ROSC, return of spontaneous circulation; THP, therapeutic hypothermic protocol.