Ethnic disparities in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A population-based cohort study among adult Danish immigrants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ethnicity might impact out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) risk, but it has scarcely been studied in Europe. We aimed to assess whether ethnicity influenced the risk of OHCA of cardiac cause in Danish immigrants and its interplay with risk factors for OHCA and socioeconomic status.

Methods

This nationwide study included all immigrants between 18 and 80 years present in Denmark at some point between 2001 and 2020. Regions of origin were defined as Africa, Arabic countries, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Western countries. OHCAs with presumed cardiac cause were identified from the Danish Cardiac Arrest Registry.

Findings

Overall, among 1,011,565 immigrants, a total of 1,801 (0.2%) OHCAs (median age 64 (Q1-Q3 53-72) years, 72% males) occurred. The

SUBMITTER: Garcia R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9361311 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature