Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with presumed diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Table 2 Comparison of pre-coronavirus disease 2019 era and coronavirus disease 2019 groups in terms of continuous variables

Parameters	Pre-COVID-19, n = 154		COVID-19, n = 223		P value
	Median (IQR)	95%CI	Median (IQR)	95%CI
Age	35 (22)	30-38	36 (28)	33-39	0.347
WBC	12.5 (6.3)	11.7-13.1	12.7 (5.9)	11.9-13.4	0.798
Neutrophil	9.7 (5.7)	8.7-10.7	9.5 (5.9)	8.9-10.3	0.659
Lymphocyte	1.8 (1.3)	1.5-2.0	1.7 (1.1)	1.50-1.80	0.500
PLT	238 (94)	224-256	242 (108)	231-254	0.682
PCT	0.24 (0.1)	0.20-0.30	0.25 (0.1)	0.24-0.26	0.545
RDW	13 (1.6)	12.8-13.2	13 (1.4)	12.9-13.2	0.746
PDW	11.5 (2.5)	11.1-12.0	11.5 (2.5)	11.2-11.9	0.795
MCH	28.7 (3.1)	28.2-29.0	29 (2.8)	28.7-29.2	0.376
MPV	10.2 (1.3)	10.0-10.4	10.2 (1.3)	10.1-10.3	0.601
MCV	84 (5.5)	83.5-85.1	84 (6.7)	83.4-85.1	0.725
TBil	0.76 (0.7)	0.64-0.88	0.78 (0.7)	0.70-0.87	0.444
CRP	1.8 (6.3)	1.11-3.33	2.0 (7.0)	1.43-3.31	0.379
NLR	5.2 (7.2)	4.7-6.6	5.8 (6.9)	5.10-6.40	0.584
PLR	139 (100)	127-154	137 (87)	131-151	0.947
PNR	25 (21)	22.7-28.2	24 (19)	21.6-27.4	0.462
WLR	6.9 (7.6)	6.20-8.10	7 .3 (7.6)	6.60-8.10	0.697
WNR	1.3 (0.3)	1.30-1.40	1.3 (0.2)	1.30-1.30	0.731
Appendix length	60 (24)	60-65	60 (20)	60-65	0.633
Appendix width	9 (5)	8-10	11 (7)	10-12	< 0.001
Hospital stay	2 (2)	2.0-2.0	2 (3)	2.0-2.0	0.003
Time to admission (h)	24 (33)	17-48	36 (60)	18-48	0.348

CI: Confidence interval; COVID-19: Coronavirus disease 2019; CRP: C-reactive protein; IQR: Interquartile range; MCH: Mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCV: Mean corpuscular volume; MPV: Mean platelet volume; NLR: Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; PCT: Plateletcrit; PDW: Platelet distribution width; PLR: Platelet to lymphocyte ratio; PLT: Platelets; PNR: Platelet-to-neutrophil ratio; RDW: Red cell distribution width; TBil: Total bilirubin; WBC: White blood cell; WLR: White cell lymphocyte ratio; WNR: White cell neutrophil ratio.