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Recent studies have shown that C-reactive protein (CRP) to albumin ratio (CAR) is a novel and good marker of systemic inflammation. CAR reflects the balance between CRP and albumin which demonstrated to be more sensitive than using CRP and albumin separately. Although the importance of CAR has been evaluated in different patient population, to our knowledge, there is no study evaluating the importance of CAR in patients with OHCA. We have detected for the first time that CAR was an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality in OHCA patients.