Indication of conservative treatment by antibiotics for uncomplicated and complicated acute appendicitis

Table 1 Patient characteristics and clinical data of patients underwent surgery and improved with conservative treatment

	Surgery group, n = 28	Conservative group, n = 242	P value
Age	41.9 ± 19.8	44.8 ± 20.7	0.495
Time to visit hospital (hour)	38.6 ± 70.0	37.6 ± 66.1	0.453
Body temperature (°C)	37.8 ± 1.0	37.2 ± 0.8	< 0.001
WBC count (/μL)	13440.4 ± 4130.1	12489.8 ± 3986.3	0.325
CRP (mg/dL)	5.9 ± 7.3	4.2 ± 5.3	0.311
Size of appendix (mm)	14.0 ± 3.7	12.3 ± 4.1	0.014

CRP: C-reactive protein; WBC: White blood cell.