Table 2.

Comparison of studied variables between appendectomy and non-appendectomy groups in hospitalized children with COVID-19

Variables				Appendicitis				p-value
		Total		Yes		No
		Frequency	Percent	Frequency (14)	Percent (8.6)	Frequency (149)	Percent (91.4)
Sex	Male	107	65.6	7	50	100	67.1	0.242
	Female	56	34.4	7	50	49	32.9
Underlying Disease	Yes	52	39.1	2	14.3	50	33.6	0.229
	No	111	68.1	12	85.7	99	66.4
Fever	Yes	146	89.6	13	92.9	133	89.3	1.000
	No	17	10.4	1	7.1	16	10.7
Abdominal Pain	Yes	53	32.5	13	92.9	40	26.8	0.000
	No	110	67.5	1	7.1	109	73.2
Vomiting	Yes	74	95.4	11	78.6	63	42.3	0.011
	No	89	54.6	3	21.4	86	57.7
Disease severity	moderate	70	42.9	1	7.1	69		0.004
	Sever	52	31.9	9	64.3	4	28.9
	Critical	41	25.2	4	28.6	37	24.8