Epidemiological characteristics and risk factors for prolonged hospitalisation in oral and maxillofacial space infections: a 3-year retrospective study of 217 cases

Table 4 Results of w-k test

Variable	Hospitalisation length		P-value	w-k
Variable	< 10 days M (P₂₅, P₇₅)	≥ 10 days M (P₂₅, P₇₅)	P-value	w-k
Age	45 (28, 63)	56 (38.25, 65)	0.033	4897.5
Admission temperature	36.7 (36.5, 36.9)	36.6 (36.5, 36.9)	0.055	6766
WBC count	9.24 (6.5, 12.53)	10.21 (6.81, 13.16)	0.501	5573
Number of spaces involved	2 (1, 3)	3 (1, 4)	0.584	5637.5

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