Table 2. Mean duration according to etiology.
Etiology | Mean duration of pain in the abdomen (days) | SD | Range |
Typhoid | 4.44 | 4.082 | 1-16 |
Tuberculosis | 4.5 | 3.942 | 1-15 |
Crohn’s | 5 | 0 | |
Diverticulosis | 6.5 | 4.95 | 3-10 |
Meckel’s | 4 | 0 | |
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma | 25 | 0 | |
Nonspecific | 4.57 | 2.768 | 2-10 |
Trauma | 1.4 | 0.816 | 1-3 |
Band adhesion | 3 | 2.828 | 1-5 |
Tubulovillous adenoma | 20 | 0 |