Table 3. Characteristics of the study participants.
| Parameters | Frequency, n (%) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 256 (65.8%) |
| Female | 133 (34.2%) |
| Age | |
| <40 years | 277 (71.2%) |
| >40 years | 112 (28.8%) |
| Duration of symptoms | |
| <48 hrs. | 295(75.8%) |
| >48 hrs. | 94 (24.2%) |
| Histopathology | |
| Positive | 356 (91.5%) |
| Negative | 33 (8.5%) |
| Alvarado | |
| >7 | 261 (67.1%) |
| <7 | 128 (32.9 %) |
| RIPASA | |
| >7.5 | 345 (88.7%) |
| <7.5 | 44 (11.3%) |