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Table 2 Results of signal detection analysis concerning the association between the number of defibrillation shocks and 1-month survival among patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest presenting with ventricular fibrillation

From: The number of prehospital defibrillation shocks and 1-month survival in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

  

Number and 1-month survival rate (%)

χ 2 value

P value

  

Group 1

Group 2

  

1

≤1(Group 1)/≥2(Group 2)

3003

(35.74%)

3477

(27.93%)

142.68

<0.0001

2

≤2(Group 1)/≥3(Group 2)

4677

(34.48%)

1803

(24.75%)

209.61

<0.0001

3

≤3(Group 1)/≥4(Group 2)

5616

(33.15%)

864

(22.11%)

180.63

<0.0001

4

≤4(Group 1)/≥5(Group 2)

6065

(32.48%)

415

(19.06%)

163.82

<0.0001

5

≤5(Group 1)/≥6(Group 2)

6260

(31.86%)

220

(18.29%)

97.50

<0.0001

6

≤6(Group 1)/≥7(Group 2)

6374

(31.48%)

106

(17.49%)

53.78

<0.0001

7

≤7(Group 1) ≥8(Group 2)

6425

(31.34%)

55

(15.71%)

39.23

<0.0001

8

≤8(Group 1)/≥9(Group 2)

6454

(31.25%)

26

(13.13%)

30.06

<0.0001

9

≤9(Group 1)/≥10(Group 2)

6464

(31.18%)

16

(13.11%)

18.49

<0.0001

  1. The patients were divided into ≤ 2 shocks (Group 1) and ≥ 3 shocks groups (Group 2) based on the number of defibrillation shocks, determined by the largest Chi-squared value.