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Table 4 Demographic characteristics and hematologic markers between the non-complicated and complicated appendicitis groups

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

 

Non-complicated (438)

Complicated (177)

p

Age (years)

34 (23~45)

39 (26~56)

<0.001

Male, n (%)

235 (53.7)

85 (48.0)

0.210

WBC (cells/mL)

12,700 (9795~15,500)

12,910 (9965~15,520)

0.510

NLR

6.6 (3.8~10.8)

7.1 (4.5~11.1)

0.190

LMR

3.2 (2.1~4.7)

2.9 (2.1~4.3)

0.350

PLR

153.2 (111.6~212.2)

152.2 (115~221.8)

0.690

DNI (%)

0.3 (−1.2~1.0)

1.2 (0.3~2.7)

<0.001

CRP (mg/dL)

5.85 (1.81~22.14)

95.78 (33.96~154.75)

<0.001

GPS score

1 (1~1)

1 (1~1)

<0.001

  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