Table 4 Comparison of the proportion of patients with a favourable neurological outcome between the two target temperature groups using propensity score analysis with the inverse probability of the treatment-weighting method

All patients

<34 °C (vs. ≥34 °C)

1.381 (0.596–3.197)

0.452

Age

 ≤60 years

<34 °C (vs. ≥34 °C)

0.779 (0.297–2.147)

0.657

 >60 years

<34 °C (vs. ≥34 °C)

3.812 (0.945–15.367)

0.061

Resuscitation interval

 ≤30 min

<34 °C (vs. ≥34 °C)

7.438 (1.769–31.272)

0.007

 >30 min

<34 °C (vs. ≥34 °C)

0.583 (0.145–2.344)

0.449