Table 1 Clinical characteristics of included patients in the derivation cohort.

From: Predictive value of pre-arrest albumin level with GO-FAR score in patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest

Characteristics

Total (N = 419)

Favorable neurologic outcome (N = 59)

Poor neurologic outcome (N = 360)

p

Demographics

Age (years)

64.0 (55.0–74.0)

60.0 (54.0–71.0)

65.0 (55.0–75.0)

0.104

Male

273 (65.2)

42 (71.2)

231 (64.2)

0.376

Comorbidities

Hypertension

153 (36.5)

19 (32.2)

134 (37.2)

0.560

Diabetes mellitus

126 (30.1)

17 (28.8)

109 (30.3)

0.879

Coronary artery disease

58 (13.8)

8 (13.6)

50 (13.9)

1.000

Heart failure

106 (25.3)

20 (33.9)

86 (23.9)

0.108

Chronic pulmonary disease

42 (10.0)

5 (8.5)

37 (10.3)

0.817

Chronic kidney disease

66 (15.8)

8 (13.6)

58 (16.1)

0.704

Liver cirrhosis

52 (12.4)

2 (3.4)

50 (13.9)

0.019

Active cancer

147 (35.1)

12 (20.3)

135 (37.5)

0.012

Diagnosis at admission

Cardiac

137 (32.7)

32 (54.2)

105 (29.2)

< 0.001

Other medical

206 (49.2)

11 (18.6)

195 (54.2)

< 0.001

Surgical

68 (16.2)

14 (23.7)

54 (15.0)

0.125

Trauma

3 (0.7)

0 (0.0)

3 (0.8)

1.000

Characteristics of arrest

Witnessed

384 (91.6)

56 (94.9)

328 (91.1)

0.449

Shockable rhythm

77 (18.4)

28 (47.5)

49 (13.6)

< 0.001

Resuscitation duration (min)

8.0 (4.0–24.0)

4.0 (2.0–6.0)

10.0 (4.0–28.0)

< 0.001

Presumed cardiac cause

108 (25.8)

33 (55.9)

75 (20.8)

< 0.001

GO-FAR score

10.0 (2.0–18.0)

-8.0 (-1.0–4.0)

11.0 (4.0–18.0)

< 0.001

Pre-arrest albumin (g/dL)

2.5 (2.0–3.0)

2.5 (3.1–3.5)

2.4 (2.0–2.9)

< 0.001

  1. Data are presented as n (%) or median with interquartile ranges.
  2. GO-FAR score Good Outcome Following Attempted Resuscitation score.