Table 1. Demographic, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of the study cases.
| Patients with AA (n=93) | Controls (n=93) | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 33.7 (9.4) | 34.0 (8.9) | 0.8228 | |
| Gender, n (%) | ||||
| Male | 67 (72.0) | 67 (72.0) | ||
| Female | 26 (28.0) | 26 (28.0) | 1.0000 | |
| Systolic BP (mmHg) | 120.6 (13.3) | 119.1 (10.8) | 0.3775 | |
| Diastolic BP (mmHg) | 74.2 (8.1) | 75.4 (10.0) | 0.4010 | |
| Pulse rate (beats/min) | 87.3 (9.1) | 90.1 (11.0) | 0.0627 | |
| Respiratory rate (beats/min) | 18.2 (2.4) | 18.4 (7.3) | 0.8218 | |
| Platelet (103/μL) | 269.3 (87.8) | 273.6 (45.1) | 0.6741 | |
| Neutrophils (103/μL) | 11.0 (4.2) | 7.0 (0.9) | <0.0001 | |
| Lymphocytes (103/μL) | 2.1 (1.3) | 2.0 (0.9) | 0.2662 | |
| WBC (103/μL) | 14.1 (4.3) | 9.9 (2.0) | <0.0001 | |
| Glucose (mg/dL) | 109.1 (26.3) | 106.9 (18.7) | 0.5138 | |
| BUN (mg/dL) | 14.2 (5.6) | 13.9 (9.6) | 0.8088 | |
| Creatinine (mg/dL) | 0.9 (0.2) | 0.9 (0.6) | 0.6384 | |
| Na+ (mmol/L) | 139.8 (2.8) | – | ||
| K+ (mmol/L) | 4.4 (0.4) | – | ||
| AST (U/L) | 23.2 (13.2) | 20.8 (11.5) | 0.1827 | |
| ALT (U/L) | 19.2 (10.2) | 21.5 (12.7) | 0.1863 | |
| Total bilirubin (mg/dL) | 0.7 (0.5) | 0.5 (0.2) | 0.0013 | |
| LDH (U/L) | 277.5 (84.0) | 254.9 (62.3) | 0.0386 | |
| C-reactive protein (mg/L) |
43.6 (9.2) | 0.7 (0.3) | <0.0001 | |
AA: acute appendicitis; BP: blood pressure; WBC: white blood cells; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase; MAP: mean arterial pressure. All results were parametric and are presented as mean (SD), except gender which is shown as n (%).