Table 3

HR of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in patients with long-term stress conditions or anxiety: stratification according to sex

Cases
(n=35.195)
Controls
(n=351.950)
Crude HR
(95% CI)
Adjusted HR
(95% CI)
Woman11.676116.760
 Neither of the two diagnoses11.343 (97.15%)115.360 (98.80%)ReferenceReference
 Long-term stress141 (1.21%)653 (0.56%)2.21 (1.84 to 2.66)1.44 (1.18 to 1.76)
 Anxiety168 (1.44 %)667 (0.57%)2.57 (2.17 to 3.04)1.73 (1.44 to 2.07)
 Both diagnoses24 (0.21%)80 (0.07%)3.08 (1.95 to 4.87)2.05 (1.26 to 3.32)
Men23.51923.5190
 Neither of the two diagnoses23.188 (98.59%)233.577 (99.31%)referencereference
 Long-term stress183 (0.78%)924 (0.39%)2.00 (1.70 to 2.34)1.45 (1.22 to 1.72)
 Anxiety131 (0.56 %)631 (0.27%)2.10 (1.74 to 2.53)1.39 (1.13 to 1.69)
 Both diagnoses17 (0.07%)58 (0.02%)2.97 (1.73 to 5.10)1.93 (1.09 to 3.41)
  • Numbers in table are number (%) unless indicated otherwise. HR adjusted for presence of cardiovascular disease, depression and the use of QT-prolonging drugs.

  • P value interaction: long-term stress=0.6594, anxiety=0.1895, both diagnoses=0.9865.