Table 3.

Gender aspects

	Male	Female	P value
Number (N = 14)	7 (50%)	7 (50%)
Age (years, average)	35.3	37.3	0.79
Lag period (months, average)	14.8	14.6	0.98
WBC count (average)	18.7	14.3	0.04
ALP (IU/L, average)	165.8	206	0.64
Drainage (yes/total)	6/7	5/6*	1.0
Abscess size (cm2, average)†	53.8	43.3	0.51
Multiple abscesses	1/7	2/7	1.0

ALP = alkaline phosphatase; ELISA = enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; WBC = white blood cell.

^*One patient—unavailable data.

^†Patients with more than one abscess—the area of all abscesses was summed.