Table 2

HR of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in patients with long-term stress conditions or anxiety as compared with patients with neither of the two diagnoses

Cases
(n=35.195)
Controls
(n=351.950)
Crude HR
(95% CI)
Adjusted HR
(95% CI)
Neither of the two diagnoses34.531 (98.11%)348.937 (99.14%)ReferenceReference
Long-term stress324 (0.92%)1.577 (0.45%)2.08 (1.85 to 2.35)1.44 (1.27 to 1.64)
Anxiety299 (0.85 %)1.298 (0.37%)2.34 (2.06 to 2.65)1.56 (1.37 to 1.79)
Both diagnoses41 (0.12%)138 (0.04%)3.03 (2.14 to 4.30)2.00 (1.38 to 2.89)
  • Numbers in table are number (%) unless indicated otherwise. HR adjusted for presence of cardiovascular disease, depression and the use of QT-prolonging drugs.