Parameters Suggesting Spontaneous Passage of Stones from Common Bile Duct: A Retrospective Study

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the study population: groups A and B.

Clinical parameter	Group A	Group B	P value
Age (years; mean ± SD)	65.3±18.9	68.4±18.9	0.55
Male gender % (N)	56.9 (33)	61.5 (8)	0.76
Length of hospitalization (days; median, range)	15 (4-62)	16 (11-50)	0.612
MRCP day (number of days from admission; mean ± SD)	4.8±2.5	6.6±2.6	0.008
Temperature at admission (mean ± SD)	36.8±0.7	36.4±0.5	0.056