Analysis of the Relationships between Multiple Endocrine Hormones and Return of Spontaneous Circulation (ROSC) in Cardiac Arrest Patients: Possible Association of the Serum Free T4 Level with ROSC

Table 5

Comparison of the 24-hour survival and nonsurvival groups in all patients (n = 29).

	24-hour survival group (n = 7)	Nonsurvival group (n = 22)	value
Sex (male/female)	6/1	11/11	0.1872
Age (y)	85 (52–87)	78 (41–93)	0.6134
Temperature (°C)	35.0 (34.3–38.4)	34.8 (32.0–38.0)	0.1900
Arterial blood gas (pH)	6.912 (6.685–7.090)	6.903 (6.415–7.418)	0.8496
Arterial blood PO2 (mmHg)	85.1 (42.9–157)	83.6 (33.8–167)	0.5703
Arterial blood PCO2 (mmHg)	72.3 (27.2–179)	40.2 (9.1–337)	0.8336
Arterial blood bicarbonate (mEq/L)	18.4 (12.7–23.4)	17.8 (8.4–36.5)	0.8749
Lactic acid (mEq/L)	12.6 (8.92–14.2)	11.4 (1.67–23.4)	0.7687
Na (mEq/L)	140 (135–146)	143 (134–164)	0.4347
K (mEq/L)	4.3 (3.3–6.0)	6.8 (3.7–13)	0.0004
White blood cell count (/μL)	10500 (8200–17000)	13500 (3800–17800)	0.4595
Blood glucose (mg/dL)	374 (243–554)	171 (23–671)	0.0312
TSH (μIU/mL)	1.950 (0.306–5.160)	2.882 (0.260–45.89)	0.2233
F-T3 (pg/mL)	2.56 (2.10–3.56)	2.45 (1.60–4.64)	0.6990
F-T4 (ng/dL)	1.03 (0.90–1.43)	0.95 (0.56–1.63)	0.1663
ACTH (pg/mL)	28.3 (3.2–269)	23.2 (2.7–152)	0.4574
Cortisol (μg/dL)	9.0 (4.3–30.2)	21.2 (2.5–74.1)	0.0546
GH (ng/mL)	2.41 (1.51–7.74)	4.79 (0.16–24.5)	0.1143
IGF-1 (ng/mL)	90.3 (32.0–146)	62.0 (8.4–188)	0.2927
Aldosterone (pg/mL)	162 (49.3–223)	152 (49.6–3038)	0.2237
PRA (ng/mL/h)	3.5 (1.1–6.0)	2.3 (0.3–69)	0.1157

Data are shown as medians (range), except sex. values were determined by logistic regression analysis, except for sex (chi-squared test).  < 0.05. ROSC, return of spontaneous circulation; Na, sodium; K, potassium; TSH, thyroid stimulating hormone; F-T3, free T3; F-T4, free T4; ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone; GH, growth hormone; IGF-1, insulin-like growth factor-1; PRA, plasma renin activity.