Clinical Study
Eosinopenia as a Prognostic Marker in Patients with Peritonitis
Table 4
Comparison of different parameters between survivors and those who died and their significance.
| | Survivors () Mean (SD, 95% CI) | Dead () Mean (SD) | Survivors () Median | Dead () Median | -test (df) | value | DβAgostino and Pearson omnibus normality test | value Mann-Whitney test comparing median (nonparametric test) |
| JPS | 4.8 (2.6, 4.1β5.3) | 9 (2.4, 7.5β10.4) | 4 | 9 | 5.7 (17) | 0.000001 | Normal | <0.00001 | CRP | 6.9 (0.5, 6.7β7) | 8.9 (1, 8.2β9.5) | 7 | 9.1 | 6.6 (13) | 0.0000008 | Normal | <0.00001 | AEC | 73.4 (17.9, 69.4β77.4) | 35.5 (7.6, 30.7β40) | 72 | 34 | | 0.00000000000006 | Not normal | <0.00001 |
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AEC (cells/cmm): absolute eosinophil count. CRP (mg/dL): C-reactive protein. JPS: Jabalpur prognostic score.
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