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. 2022 Aug 19;81:104401. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104401

Table 2.

Relationship between acute appendicitis and baseline characteristics of the patients (n = 940).

Variable Acute Appendicitis
 P-value
Positive
N (%)
(n = 805) 		Negative
N (%)
(n = 135)
Gender
  • ●

    Male

 506 (62.9%) 52 (38.5%) < 0.001
  • ●

    Female

 299 (37.1%) 83 (61.5%)
Ultrasound
  • ●

    Yes

 227 (28.2%) 61 (45.2%) < 0.00
  • ●

    No

 578 (71.8%) 74 (54.8%)
CT Scan
  • ●

    Yes

 238 (29.6%) 35 (25.9%) 0.389
  • ●

    No

 567 (70.4%) 100 (74.1%)
Approach
  • ●

    Laparoscopic appendectomy

 574 (71.3%) 97 (71.9%) < 0.001
  • ●

    Open appendectomy

 231 (28.7%) 38 (28.1%)
Age, years mean ± SD 23.2 ± 12.4 24.2 ± 10.9 0.119
White blood cells 109 per L mean ± SD 13.9 ± 5.11 10.5 ± 5.29 < 0.001