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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and hematologic markers between the negative and positive appendectomy groups

From: Delta neutrophil index as an early predictor of acute appendicitis and acute complicated appendicitis in adults

 

Negative appendectomy (35)

Positive appendectomy (615)

p

Age (years)

27 (19~40)

35 (23~48)

0.046

Male, n (%)

13 (37.1)

320 (52.0)

0.086

WBC (cells/mL)

10,000 (7110~12,750)

12,740 (9850~15,500)

<0.001

NLR

3.3 (1.8~5.6)

6.7 (4~10.8)

<0.001

LMR

4.7 (3.6~5.9)

3.1 (2.1~4.6)

<0.001

PLR

118.5 (90.9~173.7)

153.1 (112.1~215.5)

0.003

DNI (%)

−0.4 (−2.1~0.2)

0.4 (−0.6~1.4)

<0.001

CRP (mg/dL)

2.89 (1.03~32.30)

7.28 (1.88~31.00)

0.121

GPS score

1 (1~1)

1 (1~1)

0.122

  1. WBC white blood cell, NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, LMR lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio, PLR platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, DNI delta neutrophil index, CRP C-reactive protein, GPS score Glasgow prognostic score