Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte and Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratios Are Correlated with Complicated Diverticulitis and Hinchey Classification: A Simple Tool to Assess Disease Severity in the Emergency Department

Table 1

Demographics and characteristics of the study cohort.

Parameters	Group A (Hinchey 1-2)	Group B (Hinchey 3-4)
Number of patients	207	18
Age (years) (mean ± SD (range))	55.17 ± 13.38 (24–93)	62.17 ± 17.26 (24–93)
Gender, N (%)
Male	127 (61.3)	12 (66.7)
Female	79 (38.2)	6 (33.3)
Location of diverticulitis, N (%)
Right colon	14 (6.7)	2 (11.1)
Left colon	187 (90.3)	15 (83.3)
History of abdominal surgery, N (%)	42 (20.3)	5 (27.8)
Preadmission constipation	14 (6.7)	3 (16.6)
Preadmission laxative use	7 (3.4)	0
Preadmission aspirin use	40 (19.3)	4 (22.2)
Temperature (°C) (mean ± SD (range))	36.7 ± 0.53 (36–39)	36.7 ± 0.46 (36–37.8)
White blood cell count (mean ± SD)	11684.36 ± 4606.89	13555.29 ± 6357.25
Hemoglobin (mean ± SD)	13.90 ± 1.94	13.21 ± 2.32
Creatinine (mean ± SD)	0.99 ± 1.10	1.62 ± 2.01
Urea (mean ± SD)	14.67 ± 12.03	21.00 ± 20.93
Platelets (mean ± SD)	241436.89 ± 70082.14	256111.11 ± 73394.09