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Table 1 Patient data during the summer and non-summer months

From: Seasonal variations in the occurrence of acute appendicitis and their relationship with the presence of fecaliths in children

 

Summer

Non-summer

p

Patient number

101

70

 

Age (year) (mean ± SD)

12.2 ± 3.7

11.4 ± 4.2

0.290 b

Male: female

70:31

45:25

0.363 a

AA with fecalith (n(%))

34 (33.6%)

39 (55.7%)

0.004 a

Perforation/abscess (n(%))

26 (25.7%)

25 (35.7%)

0.161 a

CRP (mg/dL) (mean ± SD)

6.64 ± 7.78

9.06 ± 9.61

0.087b

WBC*1000/μL (mean ± SD)

16.1 ± 5.0

15.4 ± 4.9

0.392b

Neutrophils (%)(mean ± SD)

81.46 ± 9.67

81.57 ± 7.96

0.938b

Lymphocytes (%)(mean ± SD)

10.97 ± 7.47

10.44 ± 6.59

0.643b

Monocytes (%)(mean ± SD)

6.53 ± 2.73

7.23 ± 2.80

0.115b

Hospital stay (days±SD)

5.00 ± 3.32

5.59 ± 3.51

0.304b

Wound infection (n(%))

1 (0.99%)

1 (1.43%)

0.645 a

Postop ileus> 5 days (n(%))

2 (1.98%)

3 (4.29%)

0.676 a

Postop abscess (n(%))

1 (0.99%)

2 (2.86%)

0.747 a

  1. aChi-square test; b t-test
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