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. 2015 Aug 24;2015:847681. doi: 10.1155/2015/847681

Table 1.

Comparison of patients' characteristics in the perforated and nonperforated appendicitis groups.

Perforated appendicitis (n = 103) Nonperforated appendicitis (n = 103) p value
Age (mean ± SD) (years) 68.8 ± 7.4 69.2 ± 6.8 0.989
Male sex 49 (47.6) 29 (28.2) 0.004
Address <0.001
 Urban 74 (71.9) 36 (35.0)
 Suburb 29 (28.1) 67 (65.0)
Living status <0.001
 With family 82 (86.3) 30 (29.1)
 Living alone 13 (13.7) 63 (70.9)
Underlying disease 0.770
 Diabetes mellitus 32 (31.1) 25 (24.3) 0.276
 Hypertension 56 (54.4) 54 (52.4) 0.780
 Myocardial infarction 10 (9.7) 11 (10.7) 0.818
 Congestive heart failure 1 (1.0) 2 (1.9) 1.000
 Chronic kidney disease 8 (7.8) 5 (4.9) 0.390
 Chronic liver disease 0 (0) 2 (1.9) 0.498
 COPD 3 (2.9) 3 (2.9) 1.000
ASA classification 0.218
 I 11 (10.7) 8 (7.8)
 II 76 (73.8) 86 (83.5)
 III 16 (15.5) 9 (8.7)
BMI (mean ± SD) (Kg) 23.8 ± 4.2 23.9 ± 3.3 0.525

: value < 0.05 is statistically significant.