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Table 6 Summary of statistically significant factors predictive of complicated appendicitis

From: Predictive ability of CT findings in the differentiation of complicated and uncomplicated appendicitis: a retrospective investigation of 201 patients undergone appendectomy at initial admission

Factors

Odds ratiosa

Clinical characteristics

 

Lack of pain migration

2.06

Neutrophilia ≥ 82%

2.87

Duration of symptom ≥ 24 h

5.84

CT findings

 

Mucosal enhancement defect

4.62

Moderate-to-severe fat stranding

4.41

  1. aOdds ratios of those with 95% CIs above and not overlapping the null value, and a p value of less than 0.05 according to the multivariate regression analysis
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