Table 2 Comparison of patient characteristics (CBC & Differential Count, Serum Electrolytes, Routine Admission, etc.) for acute appendicitis and discharged patients (n = 326)

CBC & Differential Count^†

WBC, × 10³/μL

13.47 ± 4.90

9.47 ± 3.91

0.000^††

RBC, × 10³/μL

4.50 ± 0.55

4.29 ± 0.59

0.001^††

HGB, g/dL

13.51 ± 1.83

13.08 ± 1.83

0.037

HCT,%

39.03 ± 4.92

37.93 ± 5.23

0.027

MCV, fl

86.96 ± 5.54

88.58 ± 5.69

0.010

MCH, pg

30.16 ± 2.24

30.62 ± 2.32

0.074

MCHC, g/dL

34.73 ± 1.33

34.59 ± 1.34

0.343

PLT, × 10³/μL

268.69 ± 81.29

262.43 ± 78.51

0.480

NEUT,%

81.48 ± 8.62

69.28 ± 14.14

0.000^††

LYMP,%

12.51 ± 6.95

22.75 ± 12.49

0.000^††

MONO,%

4.08 ± 1.91

4.67 ± 1.78

0.000^††

EOS,%

1.30 ± 0.91

2.14 ± 1.70

0.000^††

BASO,%

0.37 ± 0.27

0.49 ± 0.37

0.000^††

LUC,%

1.20 ± 0.73

1.73 ± 0.99

0.000^††

MPV, fl

7.72 ± 0.68

7.76 ± 0.73

0.633

Serum Electrolyte^†

Na, mmol/L

143.11 ± 2.83

144.01 ± 3.35

0.000^††

K, mmol/L

4.19 ± 0.44

4.21 ± 0.42

0.705

Cl, mmol/L

106.12 ± 3.25

107.25 ± 3.83

0.000^††

Routine Admission^†

Calcium (T), mg/dL

9.11 ± 0.52

9.10 ± 0.52

0.874

Inorganic Phosphorus, mg/dL

3.36 ± 0.82

3.43 ± 0.80

0.490

Glucose, mg/dL

127.39 ± 36.23

116.61 ± 40.64

0.001^††

BUN, mg/dL

13.15 ± 7.92

13.86 ± 6.44

0.376

Creatinine, mg/dL

0.88 ± 0.25

0.94 ± 0.51

0.229

Cholesterol (T), mg/dL

169.19 ± 37.91

174.44 ± 38.84

0.219

Protein (T), g/dL

7.21 ± 0.63

7.18 ± 0.57

0.650

Albumin, g/dL

4.23 ± 0.37

4.20 ± 0.36

0.404

Bilirubin (T), mg/dL

1.24 ± 0.66

0.90 ± 0.48

0.000^††

Bilirubin (D), mg/dL

0.36 ± 0.16

0.26 ± 0.17

0.000^††

ALP, U/L

97.61 ± 70.85

88.05 ± 52.93

0.174

AST, U/L

25.70 ± 12.84

31.01 ± 27.80

0.025

ALT, U/L

22.97 ± 20.90

24.70 ± 19.75

0.444

APTT^†, s

29.92 ± 4.78

29.43 ± 12.01

0.007^††

PT^†, s

1.03 ± 0.12

1.01 ± 0.13

0.028

Lipase^†, U/L

24.14 ± 7.70

31.70 ± 16.89

0.000^††

Amylase (T)^†, U/L

46.86 ± 27.77

55.04 ± 26.90

0.000^††