Research Article
Clinicopathological Study of 25 Cases of Diverticular Disease of the Appendix: Experience from Farwaniya Hospital
Table 1
Summary of clinical presentation of the cases and control.
| Demographic and clinical presentation | Diverticular disease of appendix () | Acute appendicitis () | P |
| Sex | | | | Male | 24 (96%) | 26 (78.2%) | 0.121 | Female | 1 (4%) | 7 (21.2%) | Age, years | | | |
Mean ± SD | | | 0.027 | Median (range) | 34 (20–56) | 27 (12–51) | Ethnic group | | | | Arabs | 14 (56%) | 16 (48.5%) | 0.571 | Asian | 11 (44%) | 17 (51.5%) | Pain | | | | Present | 25 (100%) | 33 (100%) | — | Absent | 0 | 0 | Duration of pain, days | | | | Mean ± SD | | | 0.108 | Median (range) | 2 (0.25–10) | 2 (0–12) | Nausea | | | | Present | 12 (48.0%) | 13 (39.4%) | 0.512 | Absent | 13 (62.0%) | 20 (60.6%) | Vomiting | | | | Present | 9 (36.0%) | 20 (60.6%) | 0.063 | Absent | 16 (64.0%) | 13 (39.4%) | Temperature | | | | Mean ± SD | 37.9 ± 0.72 | 32.8 ± 0.73 | 0.012 | Median (range) | 37.9 (36.6–39.6) | 37.2 (36.3–39.4) | Anorexia | | | | Present | 7 (28.0%) | 21 (63.6%) | 0.007 | Absent | 18 (72.0%) | 12 (36.4%) | WBC | | | | Mean ± SD | | | 0.041 | Median (range) | 14.2 (4.5–20.8) | 16.2 (6.8–36.5) | Hospital stay | | | | Mean ± SD | | | 0.077 | Median | 4 (3–10) | 4.0 (1–10) |
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