Table 3

Comparison Between the Necrotic and Non-necrotic Appendicitis groups by Multivariate analysis

P value

RR*4 (95% CI*5)


CRP*1 level (mg/dl)

< 0.0001

1.442 (1.242-1.673)

WBC*2 (×100 mm3)

0.1751

0.988 (0.971-1.005)

Neutrophil Percentage (%)

0.3563

1.052 (0.945-1.171)

Duration*3 (hours)

0.3019

0.990 (0.970-1.009)

Age (<16)

0.5205

1.507 (0.431-5.261)

Gender (female)

0.1799

2.282 (0.683-7.617)


*1 CRP, C-reactive Protein; *2 WBC, White Blood Cell; *3 Duration, duration

between onset of symptoms and hospitalization; *4 RR, Relative risk;

*5 CI, Confidence interval

Yokoyama et al. World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009 4:36   doi:10.1186/1749-7922-4-36

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