Table 3.
Characteristics of onset during sleep and without onset during sleep groups in patients with testicular torsion
| Variables | Onset during sleep group
|
Onset during waking group
|
p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Patients | 33 | 15 | ||||
| Age (years) | Mean ± SD | 15.8 ± 4.9 | 18.6 ± 8.2 | |||
| Median [range] | 16 [4–31] | 18 [11–46] | 0.296 | |||
| Ambient temperature | Mean ± SD | 9.3 ± 8.5 | 14.2 ± 6.6 | |||
| Median [range] | 8.7 [−4.0–28.0] | 12.4 [6.2–28.4] | 0.032 | |||
| Humidity (%) | Mean ± SD | 58.4 ± 16.2 | 59.2 ± 16.8 | |||
| Median [range] | 59 [23–83] | 64 [16–79] | 0.841 | |||
| Barometric pressure (mmHg) | Mean ± SD | 1010.8 ± 8.0 | 1012.9 ± 9.5 | |||
| Median [range] | 1010.3 [996.7–1024.0] | 1014.5 [986.0–1024.7] | 0.234 | |||
| Body temperature (°C) | Mean ± SD | 36.8 ± 0.5 | 36.9 ± 0.9 | |||
| Median [range] | 36.8 [35.5–37.7] | 36.8 [36.0–39.8] | 0.682 | |||
| Laterality | Left | 23 | 69.7 | 11 | 73.3 | |
| Right | 10 | 30.3 | 4 | 26.7 | 0.797 | |