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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

From: Retrospective analysis of the incidence of appendiceal neoplasm and malignancy in patients treated for suspected acute appendicitis

 

With tumour

Without tumour

p value

Age (years) a

47.8 ± 18.8

40.8 ± 17.1

0.1 d

Sex, ratio female : male b

52.9% : 47.1%

42.7% : 47.3%

0.986 e

BMI (kg/m2) a

27.2 ± 7.0

26.2 ± 6.3

0.45 d

Preexisting other diagnosis b

10 (58.8%)

298 (67.7%)

0.442 e

ASA-Score c

2 (1–4)

2 (1–4)

0.257 e

  1. BMI: body mass index; ASA-Score: American Society of Anaesthesiologists
  2. aMean values ± standard deviation
  3. bValues are numbers (% of all patients in the group)
  4. cMedian values with range
  5. dStudent’s t test
  6. ePearson’s chi square test
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