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Table 2 Evaluation of the impact of selected variables on the ROSC (single-factor model)

From: Factors associated with return of spontaneous circulation after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Poland: a one-year retrospective study

ROSC (probability modeling: yes)

Variables

B

SE

p-value

OR

95% CI (lower)

95% CI (upper)

Age

−0.01

0.01

0.15

0.99

0.98

1.00

Gender

 Women

Ref.

 Men

−0.14

0.17

0.41

0.87

0.62

1.21

CPR initiated by witness

 No

Ref.

 Yes

−0.06

0.76

0.93

0.94

0.21

4.14

 Not reported

−1.07

0.73

0.15

0.34

0.08

1.45

ECG

 ASYS/PEA

Ref.

 VF/VT

0.99

0.19

< 0.001

2.68

1.86

3.85

Public place

 No

Ref.

 Yes

0.58

0.17

< 0.001

1.78

1.27

2.49

Type of EMT

 B-EMT

Ref.

 S-EMT

0.23

0.16

0.15

1.26

0.92

1.74

Arrival time of EMT (minutes)

 ≤8

Ref.

 > 8

−0.07

0.16

0.68

0.93

0.68

1.13

Arrival time of EMT (minutes)

0.00

0.01

0.35

1.00

0.99

1.01

  1. Abbreviations: OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval, SE Standard Error, B Regression Coefficient, ROSC return of spontaneous circulation, ECG electrocardiography, EMT emergency medical team, B-EMT basic emergency medical team, S-EMT: EMT specialist emergency medical team, VF ventricular fibrillation, VT ventricular tachycardia, ASYS asystolia, PEA pulseless electrical activity