Clinical and computed tomography findings of appendiceal diverticulitis vs acute appendicitis

Table 1 Comparison of the clinical features between appendiceal diverticulitis and acute appendicitis

Variable	Appendiceal diverticulitis (n = 44)		Acute appendicitis (n = 398)
	Median	Range	Median	Range	P value
Age (yr)	59	17-89	35	7-87	< 0.0012
Duration of symptoms (d)	4.0	10-30	1.0	0-20	< 0.0012
Preoperative CRP (mg/dL)	13.6	0.5-29.7	6.8	0.1-37.2	< 0.0012
Preoperative WBC (/μL)	13100	3580-20000	14000	2071-30100	0.022
	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
Sex (male/total)	32	72%	223	56%	0.061
Comorbidity (yes/total)	26	60%	278	70%	0.201

¹Fisher's exact test;

²Wilcoxon signed-rank test.