De-Ritis Ratio Is Associated with Mortality after Cardiac Arrest

Table 4

Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for ICU mortality, hospital death, and unfavorable neurological outcome by De-Ritis level tertiles.

Outcome	Crude OR (95% CI)		Adjusted OR (95% CI)
ICU mortality
De-Ritis tertiles
Tertile 1	Reference		Reference
Tertile 2	1.476 (0.894-2.436)	0.128	1.283 (0.703-2.341)	0.418
Tertile 3	2.929 (1.748-4.907)	<0.001	2.691 (1.443-5.018)	0.002
Hospital mortality
De-Ritis tertiles
Tertile 1	Reference		Reference
Tertile 2	1.674 (1.015-2.760)	0.044	1.739 (0.952-3.180)	0.072
Tertile 3	3.746 (2.198-6.386)	<0.001	3.243 (1.716-6.132)	<0.001
Unfavorable neurological outcome
De-Ritis tertiles
Tertile 1	Reference		Reference
Tertile 2	1.570 (0.953-2.589)	0.077	1.403 (0.772-2.550)	0.267
Tertile 3	3.505 (2.041-6.018)	<0.001	2.904 (1.532-5.505)	0.001

Abbreviation: ICU: intensive care unit.