Table 2.

Correlation between blood markers and pathology results

Blood Parameters	Pathology Results	n	Mean	Median	Min.	Max.	p
Procalcitonin (pg/mL)	Not Appendicitis	14	19.3	17.1	12.6	41.8	0.000*
	Appendicitis	21	28.4	25.9	20.4	48.2
D-dimer (ug/mL)	Not Appendicitis	14	0.01	0.021	0.0	0.3	0.000*
	Appendicitis	21	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.5
IL-6 (pg/mL)	Not Appendicitis	14	2,1	7,8	1,4	16,2	0,0001†
	Appendicitis	21	45,8	46,5	14,7	61,8
IL-2 (pg/mL)	Not Appendicitis	14	63,8	164,8	104,7	228,9	0,002†
	Appendicitis	21	224,5	220,5	133,9	356,1

^*Mann Whitney U;

^†Student t test