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Table 2 Comparison of Arrest and No arrest groups

From: Accidental hypothermia: direct evidence for consciousness as a marker of cardiac arrest risk in the acute assessment of cold patients

 

Cases

Sex

Mean age

Systolic BP

Diastolic BP

Heart rate

Arrhythmia present

Core temperature

Arrest

44

35% F

65% M

46.4

81.1

46.4

41.6

44%

23.5 °C

No arrest

70

30% F

70% M

40.6

98.4

66.0

56.7

25%

30.6 °C

N

114

111

104

30

20

42

26

84

Significance

 

χ2 = 0.58

p = 0.68

t* = 1.16 p = .25

t* = 1.82

p = 0.08

t* = 3.07

p = 0.007

t* = 2.24 p = 0.03

Fisher Exact

p = 0.42

t = 7.57

p <  < 0.001

  1. *Indicates t is corrected for unequal variance
  2. Includes the less reliable temperature measures