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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2020 Oct 28;259:320–325. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.09.030

Table 2.

Bivariate analysis of the appendicitis population by mortality


Survived n = 202 (94.4%) Died n = 12 (5.6%) p-value

Age (years), median [IQR] 29.5 (20.0-40.0) 35.5 (23.5-45.5) 0.3
Male sex, n (%) 149 (73.8) 10 (83.3) 0.7
Shock index, mean (SD) 0.8 (0.2) 1.0 (0.4) 0.06
Transferred to KCH, n (%) 152 (76.0) 11 (91.7) 0.3
Time to KCH from symptom onset (days), median (IQR) 3 (2-6) 6(3-10) 0.3
Time to OR from presentation at KCH, median (IQR) 0 (0-1) 0 (0-1) 0.9
Perforated appendicitis, n (%) 18 (8.9) 2 (16.7) 0.3
Had a post-op complication, n (%) 7 (3.5) 2 (16.7) 0.08