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Table 1 Descriptive analysis of the groups: patients characteristics and comorbidity

From: Outpatient management of acute uncomplicated appendicitis after laparoscopic appendectomy: a randomized controlled trial

N (%)

OG (n = 48)

HG (n = 49)

p

Sex, n (%)

 Male, n (%)

29 (60)

21 (39)

0.098

 Female, n (%)

19 (40)

28 (57)

 

Age, mean (sd)

35.30 (14.16)

35.40 ( 14.25)

0.95

BMI, mean (sd)

23.61 (3.12)

26.59 (4.70)

0.0743

Hours of symptoms mean (sd)

36 (0.91)

38 (0.79)

0.8

Fever

  

1

 < 37 °C, n (%)

39 (81.63)

41 (84.09)

 

 37–38 °C, n (%)

8 (16.32)

8 (15.91)

 

 > 38 °C, n (%)

1 (2.04)

0

 

HTN, n (%)

1 (2.08))

1 (2.04)

1

DM, n (%)

2 (4.16)

1 (2.04)

0.35

DLP, n (%)

1 (2.08)

1 (2.04)

0.65

Cardiac diseases, n (%)

0 (0)

1 (2.04)

0.473

Respiratory diseases, n (%)

1 (2.08)

1 (2.04)

0.725

Another comorbidity, n (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

  1. OG: outpatient group; HG: hospitalization group; yo: years old; BMI: body mass index; HTN: arterial hypertension; DM: diabetes mellitus; DLP: dyslipidemia