Factors Associated with Perforated Appendicitis in Elderly Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Table 3

Duration of time in perforated and acute appendicitis groups.

	Perforated appendicitis	Acute appendicitis; ()	value
Duration of pain in admission period	48 (6–240)	24 (2–96)
<24 hours	13 (12.6%)	37 (35.9%)	<0.001
≥24 hours	90 (87.4%)	66 (64.1%)
Duration from pain to operation	50 (8–241)	27 (4–104)
<24 hours	11 (10.7%)	35 (34.0%)	<0.001
≥24 hours	37 (89.3%)	46 (66.1%)
Duration from admission to operation	6 (1–8)	10 (9–12)
>8 hours	16 (15.5%)	12 (11.7%)	0.416
≤8 hours	87 (84.5%)	91 (88.3%)
Duration from arrival to imaging	8 (1–24)	6 (2–12)
>6 hours	78 (75.7)	30 (29.1)	<0.001
≤6 hours	25 (24.3)	73 (70.9)

Value s are represented as numbers (percentages) and median (minimum-maximum).
: value < 0.05 is statistically significant.