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Table 2 Baseline data of the studies included in the meta-analysis

From: Comparison of smokers’ mortality with non-smokers following out-of-hospital cardiac arrests: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author/year

Sample size

Group (Age, years)

Male (%)

Smokers (%)

Diabetes (%)

Hypertension (%)

STEMI (%)

Mortality (%)

Albizreh [25]

2021

1146

OHCA with age ≤ 40 years

(n = 159; 13.9%)

73.3

20.8

43.3

44.1

15.4

83.6

OHAC with age > 40 years

(n = 985; 86.1%)

Pollock [26]

2014

188

Non-smokers

62 (49–73);

64.1

52.5

NA

NA

22.1

60

Smokers

59 (52–64)

Arrich [27]

2006

1191

In-Hospital Mortality

62 ± 15

73

32.7

16

28

NA

56.2

Unfavorable Outcome

60 ± 13

Leick [28]

2013

28

Death

53.9 ± 12.9

53.6

32.1

28.6

71.4

42.9

60.7

Alive

60.3 ± 9.6

Whittaker [29] 2016

350

Alive

60.6 ± 13.1

68

20

12

42

56

67.4

Death

69.0 ± 17.2

  1. STEMI ST-elevation myocardial infarction