Table 2: Cutoff points, multivariate and backward stepwise multivariate analysis

for association with complicated acute appendicitis.

Variable

Cutoff

point

Sens

(%)

Spec

(%)

Crude OR

[95%CI]

p

OR* [95%CI]

p

OR** [95%CI]

p

Leukocytes

(cells/mm3)

10,195

77.6

46.6

2.63

[1.5-4.6]

0.001

1.04

[0.32-3.34]

0.95

Neutrophils

(cells/mm3)

7,050

80.5

46.6

3.59

[2.02-6.39]

< 0.001

2.35

[0.67-8.29]

0.183

Eosinophils

(cells/mm3)

55

67.8

53.4

2.41

[1.4-4.16]

0.001

2.23

[1.24-4.01]

0.007

2.2

[1.2-4]

0.005

NLR

3.18

88.8

37

6.64

[2.44-8.83]

< 0.001

2.27

[1.03-7.09]

0.043

4.4

[2.2-8.5]

< 0.001

PLR

187.4

57.1

60.3

2.01

[1.17-3.47]

0.011

1.56

[0.83-2.94]

0.171

NPR

0.03

70.7

54.8

2.52

[1.45-4.38]

0.001

0.68

[0.29-2.01]

0.48

Constant

0.06

< 0.001

0.18

< 0.001

CI = confidence interval.

NLR = neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio.

NPR = neutrophil/platelet ratio.

OR = odds ratio.

PLR = platelet/lymphocyte ratio.

Sens = sensitivity.

Spec = specificity.

* Multivariate analysis.

** Backward stepwise method (WALD)..