Presurgical time and associated factors as predictors of acute perforated appendicitis: a prospective cohort study in a teaching pediatric hospital in Colombia

Table 2 Distribution of presurgical timing for perforated and non-perforated acute appendicitis

Presurgical timing	Mean (days)	SD	p25^a	p50^b	p75^c	Min	Max
Total presurgical timing
Non perforated	2.046*	1.451	1.194	1.687	2.317	0.590	13.323
Perforated	2.655*	1.887	1.550	2.115	3.149	0.507	14.334
Total	2.413	1.751	1.396	1.951	2.799	0.507	14.334
Out-of-hospital presurgical timing
Non perforated	1.457*	1.375	0.727	1.044	1.696	0.042	12.723
Perforated	2.154*	1.846	1.115	1.626	2.621	0.102	14.130
Total	1.877	1.709	0.889	1.412	2.324	0.042	14.130
In-hospital presurgical timing
Non perforated	0.589*	0.419	0.294	0.484	0.774	0.082	2.685
Perforated	0.501*	0.425	0.246	0.391	0.624	0.026	4.609
Total	0.536	0.425	0.259	0.411	0.687	0.026	4.609

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