Table 4.

Descriptive variables in expired patients by gender

Sex	No. of patients	Mean	Standard deviation	P
Age (years)
Male	24	7.717	0.7961	0.104 (NS)
Female	13	8.131	0.5483
Time to presentation (h)
Male	24	42.38	14.114	0.128 (NS)
Female	13	49.62	12.197
PRISM-III score
Male	24	4.58	2.358	0.954 (NS)
Female	13	4.54	1.941
Duration to laparotomy (h)
Male	24	4.225	2.5178	0.495 (NS)
Female	13	4.915	3.5400
Operative duration (min)
Male	24	134.79	24.970	0.827 (NS)
Female	13	136.62	22.273

NS, not significant; PRISM-III, Pediatric Risk of Mortality III