Demographics and Clinical Features of Postresuscitation Comorbidities in Long-Term Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A National Follow-Up Study

Table 3

Significant differences in the three most common postresuscitation comorbidities between OHCA survivors and comparison patients.

	Pneumonia						Septicemia						Urinary tract infections
	OHCA survivors ()			Comparison patients ()			OHCA survivors ()			Comparison patients ()			OHCA survivors ()			Comparison patients ()
	Number	%	value	Number	%	value	Number	%	value	Number	%	value	Number	%		Number	%	value
Sex			0.103			0.361			0.871			0.395			0.940			0.001
Male	137	67		85	65		114	62		47	64		137	61		151	52
Female	69	33		45	35		70	38		27	36		88	39		139	48
Age group			0.146			0.000			0.036			0.000			0.088			0.000
60	99	48		32	25		83	45		12	16		105	47		108	37
61–75	62	30		30	23		58	32		22	30		65	29		78	27
>75	45	22		68	52		43	23		40	54		55	24		104	36
Economic level (monthly income in USD)			0.116			0.001			0.162			0.009			0.267			0.006
<600	76	37		44	34		67	36		28	38		78	35		98	34
601–1,000	97	47		73	56		89	48		39	53		112	50		143	49
>1,000	33	16		13	10		28	15		7	09		35	16		49	17
Geographic region of Taiwan			0.305			0.815			0.387			0.085			0.065			0.037
Northern	101	49		64	49		94	51		28	38		111	49		129	44
Central	50	24		26	20		36	20		17	23		48	21		82	28
Southern	47	23		37	28		46	25		25	34		59	26		74	26
Eastern	8	04		3	02		8	04		4	05		7	03		5	02
Urbanization			0.237			0.047			0.315			0.002			0.501			0.025
1 (most)	60	29		22	17		55	30		12	16		61	27		61	21
2	26	13		12	09		19	10		9	12		27	12		27	09
3	54	26		34	26		46	25		11	15		53	24		70	24
4	66	32		62	48		64	35		42	57		84	37		132	46