Characteristics and treatments for pediatric ordinary and incarcerated inguinal hernia based on gender: 12-year experiences from a single center

Table 3 Comparisons between incarcerated hernia and non-incarcerated hernia

Variables	Incarcerated hernia	Non-incarcerated hernia (unilateral)	Result (Z/χ²)	P
Gender
Male	49	9259	11.37	< 0.01
Female	20	1580	11.37	< 0.01
Age (year)
≤ 1	47	307	930.62	< 0.01
> 1	22	10,532	930.62	< 0.01
Operative time (Min)	57 (IQR 36–73)	15 (IQR 10–22)	7.16	< 0.01
Hospital length (days, median)	4	1	50.90	< 0.01
Hospital Cost (RMB)	7106.89 (IQR 5476.00–10,135.08)	2484.58 (IQR 2088.66–2949.37)	12.12	< 0.01

Chi-square test and Mann Whitney U test was used to establish significance among two and single categorical data groups, and results were displayed using Z and χ² respectively
Min minutes, RMB Renminbi, Chinese Yuan
P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant

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