Table 2 Proportions of patients with favourable neurological outcomes according to the target temperature of therapeutic hypothermia

All patients

<34 °C

42

27 (64 %)

1.490 (0.770–2.881)

0.258

≥34 °C

424

232 (55 %)

Age

 ≤60 years

<34 °C

30

21 (70 %)

1.167 (0.507–2.685)

0.836

≥34 °C

204

136 (67 %)

 >60 years

<34 °C

12

6 (50 %)

1.292 (0.404–4.131)

0.769

≥34 °C

220

96 (44 %)

Resuscitation interval

 ≤30 min

<34 °C

24

21 (88 %)

3.867 (1.126–13.286)

0.024

≥34 °C

281

181 (64 %)

 >30 min

<34 °C

14

3 (21 %)

0.678 (0.178–2.586)

0.756

≥34 °C

115

33 (29 %)