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Table 2 The number of patients with fecaliths and perforations in the summer and non-summer groups

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

 

Summer

Non-summer

Total

p

Fecalith(n(%))

34 (33.6%)

39 (55.7%)

73 (42.7%)

0.004a

No fecalith (n(%))

67 (66.4%)

31 (44.3%)

98 (57.3%)

Perforation/abscess (n(%))

26 (25.7%)

25 (35.7%)

51 (29.8%)

0.161a

No perforation/abscess (n(%))

75 (74.3%)

45 (64.3%)

120 (70.2%)

  1. aChi-square test