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Table 4 Multivariate analysis

From: What clinical and laboratory parameters determine significant intra abdominal pathology for patients assessed in hospital with acute abdominal pain?

Sign

P value

Gender

0.882

Character of the pain

0.070

Duration

0.915

Vomiting

0.008

Altered bowel habit

0.940

Lack of appetite

0.579

Urinary symptoms

0.163

Raised temperature

0.917

Rigors

0.345

Tachycardia

0.048

Abdomen tender

0.112

Guarding

0.0009

Leucocytosis

0.016