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Table 1 Univariate comparison of laboratory variables

From: Is it possible to predict the severity of acute appendicitis? Reliability of predictive models based on easily available blood variables

Variable

Skewness

No appendicitis

Mucosal appendicitis

Transmural appendicitis

Gangrenous appendicitis

p

Albumin

(g/dL)

− 0.5

38.732 ± 4.203

38.326 − 39.138

39.516 ± 4.577

38.906 − 40.125

39.665 ± 4.295

39.422 − 39.907

37.460 ± 4.788

37.010 − 37.910

< 0.001

ALP

(U/L)

3.6

75.886 ± 22.587

73.701 − 78.071

74.849 ± 25.195

71.494 − 78.205

75.157 ± 25.049

73.740 − 76.574

77.039 ± 32.724

73.962 − 80.115

0.599

ALT

(U/L)

5.8

21.583 ± 13.480

20.277 − 22.888

25.251 ± 25.896

21.802 − 28.670

23.704 ± 21.113

22.504 − 24.904

22.610 ± 21.527

20.576 − 24.643

0.123

Tot bilirubin

(umol/L)

2.8

15.709 ± 10.665

14.679 − 16.741

14.936 ± 9.212

13.709 − 16.163

16.094 ± 11.438

15.447 − 16.741

16.204 ± 10.761

15.192 − 17.215

0.475

Creatinine

(umol/L)

6.3

68.656 ± 16.738

67.037 − 70.275

70.562 ± 19.517

67.962 − 73.161

70.115 ± 17.150

69.144 − 71.085

71.420 ± 27.998

68.784 − 74.055

0.239

CRP

(mg/dL)

1.9

42.419 ± 60.874

36.538 − 48.300

56.939 ± 73.333

47.172 − 66.705

58.777 ± 70.485

54.793 − 62.761

119.710 ± 104.941

109.843 − 129.576

< 0.001

Hb

(g/L)

− 0.3

140.562 ± 16.017

139.012 − 142.111

142.205 ± 13.626

140.391 − 144.020

140.726 ± 15.113

139.870 − 141.582

141.165 ± 15.113

139.751 − 142.579

0.547

Lymphocytes

(x109L)

1.1

1.685 ± 0.896

1.599 − 1.772

1.705 ± 0.815

1.596 − 1.813

1.603 ± 0.743

1.561 − 1.645

1.478 ± 0.778

1.405 − 1.551

< 0.001

MCV

(fL)

− 0.6

87.058 ± 4.373

86.635 − 87.481

87.617 ± 5.093

86.939 − 88.296

87.444 ± 4.565

87.185 − 87.702

87.613 ± 4.884

87.154 − 88.073

0.298

MPV

(fL)

0.5

10.218 ± 0.840

10.136 − 10.299

10.267 ± 0.921

10.144 − 10.390

10.248 ± 0.892

10.197 − 10.299

10.264 ± 0.897

10.179 − 10.348

0.872

Neutrophils

(x109L)

0.3

8.780 ± 4.486

8.346 − 9.213

10.133 ± 4.554

9.527 − 10.740

10.179 ± 4.320

9.934 − 10.423

10.709 ± 4.540

10.281 − 11.136

< 0.001

Platelets

(x109L)

1.0

253.731 ± 59.12

248.397 − 259.468

258.068 ± 72.617

248.397 − 267.740

253.697 ± 64.262

250.057 − 257.336

252.172 ± 64.281

246.115 − 258.230

0.741

Sodium

(mmol/L)

− 1.0

138.322 ± 2.209

138.108 − 138.535

138.434 ± 2.254

138.134 − 138.734

138.179 ± 2.460

138.040 − 138.318

137.980 ± 2.600

137.735 − 138.223

0.080

WBC

(x109L)

0.3

12.310 ± 4.667

11.859 − 12.761

13.101 ± 4.543

12.496 − 13.707

12.540 ± 4.392

12.291 − 12.788

13.081 ± 4.750

12.634 − 13.528

0.027

CRP/Albumin

2.7

1.208 ± 1.882

1.027 − 1.390

1.569 ± 2.183

1.279 − 1.860

1.609 ± 2.202

1.484 − 1.733

3.476 ± 3.394

3.157 − 3.796

< 0.001

CRP/MPV

2.0

5.406 ± 6.639

4.764 − 6.048

6.201 ± 8.110

5.120 − 7.281

6.213 ± 7.821

5.770 − 6.656

9.028 ± 9.060

8.175 − 9.881

< 0.001

Albumin/MPV

− 0.1

3.851 ± 0.521

3.801 − 3.902

3.894 ± 0.514

3.826 − 3.963

3.847 ± 0.550

3.816 − 3.878

3.774 ± 0.571

3.720 − 3.828

0.031

Neutr/Lymph

2.3

7.238 ± 6.538

6.605 − 7.870

8.122 ± 6.802

7.216 − 9.028

8.726 ± 7.338

8.310 − 9.142

10.191 ± 8.383

9.403 − 10.981

< 0.001

  1. Values are reported as mean ± standard deviation and 95% confidence interval. ALP: alkaline phosphatase, ALT: alanine aminotransferase, CRP: C-reactive protein, Hb: haemoglobin, MCV: mean cell volume, MPV: mean platelet volume and WBC: white blood cells. p < 0.05 is statistically significant (bold)