Table 2.
Relationship between clinical/laboratory parameters and incarcerated groin hernia patients with or without bowel resection.
| Variable | Mean n=95 |
No bowel resection n=59 |
Bowel resection n=36 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 67.00 | 65.24±16.72 | 69.89±12.33 | 0.038 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 20.49 | 20.72±2.95 | 20.12±3.26 | 0.700 |
| Leukocyte count (×103/mm3) | 8.99 | 8.26±2.65 | 10.18±4.05 | 0.046 |
| Neutrophil count (×103/mm3) | 7.34 | 6.55±2.58 | 8.69±3.92 | 0.064 |
| Platelet count (×104/mm3) | 215.63 | 213.88±70.03 | 218.50±81.15 | 0.599 |
| NLR | 8.77 | 6.37±3.85 | 12.71±11.62 | <0.001 |
| Duration of incarceration (hours) | 42.20 | 33.29±41.83 | 56.81±51.04 | 0.245 |
BMI – body mass index; NLR – neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio.