Table 3.
Duration of time in perforated and acute appendicitis groups.
| Perforated appendicitis n = 103 |
Acute appendicitis (n = 103) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration of pain in admission period | 48 (6–240) | 24 (2–96) | |
| <24 hours | 13 (12.6%) | 37 (35.9%) | <0.001∗ |
| ≥24 hours | 90 (87.4%) | 66 (64.1%) | |
| Duration from pain to operation | 50 (8–241) | 27 (4–104) | |
| <24 hours | 11 (10.7%) | 35 (34.0%) | <0.001∗ |
| ≥24 hours | 37 (89.3%) | 46 (66.1%) | |
| Duration from admission to operation | 6 (1–8) | 10 (9–12) | |
| >8 hours | 16 (15.5%) | 12 (11.7%) | 0.416 |
| ≤8 hours | 87 (84.5%) | 91 (88.3%) | |
| Duration from arrival to imaging | 8 (1–24) | 6 (2–12) | |
| >6 hours | 78 (75.7) | 30 (29.1) | <0.001∗ |
| ≤6 hours | 25 (24.3) | 73 (70.9) |
Value s are represented as numbers (percentages) and median (minimum-maximum).
∗: value < 0.05 is statistically significant.