Table 1

Baseline characteristics in relation to survival*

CharacteristicsAll patientsDead before hospital admissionSurvival to hospitalSurvival to 1 month
n=7187n=4794n=1290n=976p Value§
Age (years; mean±SD) (186)69±1269±1272±1166±130.051
Gender (%) (237) n (%)
 Female1343 (19)772 (17)333 (26)200 (21)<0.0001
Bystander CPR (156) n (%)
 Yes3842 (55)2430 (52)649 (51)696 (73)<0.0001
Place (64) n (%)
 Outside home3235 (45)1966 (41)551 (43)649 (67)<0.0001
Delay from cardiac arrest to defibrillation (median; min) (1164)1213119<0.0001
  • * Information on survival was missing in 127 patients.

  • Survival to hospital meant that patients survived to hospital admission but did not survive to 1 month.

  • Number of patients with missing information.

  • § p Value refers to the distribution of patients in the three right columns (all patients not included).

  • CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.