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

Table 2

Clinical characteristics of the study population: groups D and E.

Clinical parameter	Group E	Group D	P value
Age (years; mean ± SD)	65.6±18.9	55.0±20.4	<0.001
Male gender % (N)	54 (47)	40 (74)	0.03
Length of hospitalization (days, median, range)	15 (4-83)	9 (4-43)	<0.001
MRCP day (number of days from admission; mean ± SD)	5.1±2.5	5.5±2.7	0.304
Temperature at admission (mean ± SD)	36.8±0.7	36.8±0.6	0.907