Research Article
Factors Associated with Perforated Appendicitis in Elderly Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Table 4
Factors associated with perforated appendicitis by multivariate analysis.
| Factor | Adjusted odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | value |
| Male sex | 2.47 | 1.31–4.63 | 0.008 | Fever > 38°C | 1.97 | 1.03–3.78 | 0.024 | Anorexia | 1.90 | 1.03–3.52 | 0.040 | Duration of pain in preadmission period | 4.21 | 2.22–7.98 | <0.001 |
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