Table 1.

Cohort demographics and rate of operative management of acute appendicitis

	Pre-pandemic				Relative risk (95% CI)*	P value
	2017 (N=65)	2018 (N=63)	2019 (N=81)	2020 (N=74)
Total
Sex—female, no (%)	23 (35)	31 (49)	33 (41)	32 (43)		0.81
Age—median (IQR)	14 (2–26)	16 (2–26)	12 (5–20)	14 (2–25)		0.87
Operative management
No (%)	60 (92)	60 (95)	76 (94)	60 (81)	1.16 (1.03 to 1.20)	0.01
Sex—female, no (%)	20 (33)	30 (50)	32 (42)	23 (38)		0.63
Age—median (IQR)	14 (3–26)	16 (5–27)	12 (4–20)	12 (4–21)		0.88

*‘Pre-pandemic’ (2017–2019) versus pandemic (2020)