Abdominal pain or tenderness | N | Positive CT finding | Had exploratory laparotomy | Positive surgical finding | |||
N (%) | p Value | N (%) | p Value | N (%) | p Value | ||
Self-reported abdominal pain | |||||||
No | 434 | 75 (17.3) | <0.001 | 9 (2.1) | <0.001 | 8 (1.8) | 0.1093 |
Yes | 160 | 57 (35.6) | 26 (16.3) | 21 (13.1) | |||
Abdominal tenderness on physical examination | |||||||
No | 380 | 54 (14.2) | <0.001 | 4 (1.1) | <0.001 | 4 (1.1) | 0.0415 |
Yes | 214 | 78 (36.5) | 31 (14.5) | 25 (11.7) | |||
Negative self-reported abdominal pain and negative abdominal tenderness on physical examination | 352 | 50 (14.2) | <0.001 | 4 (1.1) | <0.001 | 4 (1.1) | 0.0043 |
Negative self-reported abdominal pain and positive abdominal tenderness on physical examination | 82 | 25 (30.5) | 5 (6.1) | 4 (4.9) | |||
Positive self-reported abdominal pain and negative abdominal tenderness on physical examination | 28 | 4 (14.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||
Positive self-reported abdominal pain and positive abdominal tenderness on physical examination | 132 | 53 (40.2) | 26 (19.7) | 21 (15.9) |
*The corresponding p value was <0.05 among the four abdominal pain groups.