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Table 3 Categorical classification of each variable for brain death

From: Early prediction model of brain death in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients: a single-center retrospective and internal validation analysis

Variables

β coefficient

corrected coeffcient

Intercept

-2.7717

 

Age

  < 43 years

0

14

 43–67 years

-1.024

6

  ≥ 67 years

-2.4262

0

Etiology

 Internal

  Cardiac

0

0

  Respiratory

1.5243

9

  Cerebrovascular

2.1272

12

 External

1.2052

7

 Unknown

0.7364

4

Low-flow time

  < 20 min

0

0

  ≥ 20 min

1.7976

10

pH

  < 6.62

0

1

 6.62—7.06

0.6964

5

  ≥ 7.06

-0.1774

0

  1. Low-flow time means the time from the initation of chest compression to return of spontaneous circulation