Table 2

Factors associated with having abdominal pain findings

Abdominal pain or tendernessNPositive CT findingHad exploratory laparotomyPositive surgical finding
N (%)p ValueN (%)p ValueN (%)p Value
Self-reported abdominal pain
 No43475 (17.3)<0.0019 (2.1)<0.0018 (1.8)0.1093
 Yes16057 (35.6)26 (16.3)21 (13.1)
Abdominal tenderness on physical examination
 No38054 (14.2)<0.0014 (1.1)<0.0014 (1.1)0.0415
 Yes21478 (36.5)31 (14.5)25 (11.7)
Negative self-reported abdominal pain and negative abdominal tenderness on physical examination35250 (14.2)<0.0014 (1.1)<0.0014 (1.1)0.0043
Negative self-reported abdominal pain and positive abdominal tenderness on physical examination8225 (30.5)5 (6.1)4 (4.9)
Positive self-reported abdominal pain and negative abdominal tenderness on physical examination284 (14.3)0 (0)0 (0)
Positive self-reported abdominal pain and positive abdominal tenderness on physical examination13253 (40.2)26 (19.7)21 (15.9)
  • *The corresponding p value was <0.05 among the four abdominal pain groups.