Table 4.

Multivariate analysis

Sign	P value
Gender	0.882
Character of the pain	0.070
Duration	0.915
Vomiting	0.008
Altered bowel habit	0.940
Lack of appetite	0.579
Urinary symptoms	0.163
Raised temperature	0.917
Rigors	0.345
Tachycardia	0.048
Abdomen tender	0.112
Guarding	0.0009
Leucocytosis	0.016