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Table 1 Demographic, clinical, and laboratory findings of patients in the discovery cohort

From: Acute appendicitis: transcript profiling of blood identifies promising biomarkers and potential underlying processes

		Unit	APP (11)	ABD (9)
Gender		%M	54.55	55.56
Age	Mean	Years	40.73	45.89
Age	SD		15.45	15.54
BMI	Mean	BMI	24.51	26.44
BMI	SD		4.92	4.48
Race		%C	100.00	55.56
Race		%AA	0.00	44.44
Smoker		%	18.18	11.11
Duration of Symptom	Mean	Hours	29.45	32.75
Duration of Symptom	SD		18.68	30.65
Temperature	Mean	Celsius	36.97	36.80
Temperature	SD		0.47	0.38
WBC	Mean	K/ul	13.06	13.23
WBC	SD		6.44	30.65
Elevated Neutrophils	>75 %	%	55.00	37.50
Neutrophils	Mean	%WBC	77.18	70.00
	SD		8.76	10.14
Creatinine	Mean		0.78	1.54*
Creatinine	SD		0.13	1.06
pH	<7.35	%	0.00	11.11
Na < 130		%	0.00	0.00
HCT < 30		%	0.00	11.11
Glu > 250		%	0	0
Total RNA conc.	Mean	ng/ul	102.36	66.48
Immunosupressed	SD		72.49	34.06
Folds amp.	Mean	fold	67.96	64.13
Antibiotic use	SD		60.48	35.81
Defensin Score	Mean	RNA level	1.26	2.62*
Defensin Score	SD		0.92	1.46

^*indicates p < 0.05 (uncorrected t-test probability)
% indicates the percent of patients exhibiting that trait, unless otherwise indicated

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