ArticleTechniques in coloproctology2016
Risk factors associated with colonic diverticulosis among patients from a defined geographic area.
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- Smoking and alcohol consumption as risk factors for colonic diverticulosis and its complications: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Diverticulosis and cardiometabolic risk factors: a systematic literature review.International journal of colorectal disease · 2023Pooled it
- Association between Alcohol Consumption and Diverticulosis and Diverticular Bleeding: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Hawai'i journal of medicine & public health : a journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health · 2017Pooled it
- Smoking and risk of colonic diverticulosis: A meta-analysis.Journal of postgraduate medicinePooled it
- [Diagnosis and Treatment of Colonic Diverticular Disease].The Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi · 2022Review
- Excessive Body Weight and Diverticular Disease.Visceral medicine · 2021Review
- The Epidemiology and Etiology of Right-Sided Colonic Diverticulosis: A Review.Annals of coloproctology · 2021Review
- Association of Obesity With Colonic Diverticulosis in Women.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2020Article
- Risk Factors for Asymptomatic Colon Diverticulosis.The Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi · 2019Article
- Italian nationwide survey of pharmacologic treatments in diverticular disease: Results from the REMAD registry.United European gastroenterology journal · 2019Article
- Hypertension control and risk of colonic diverticulosis.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2019Article
- An Aberrant Microbiota is not Strongly Associated with Incidental Colonic Diverticulosis.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Sex differences in risk factors of uncomplicated colonic diverticulosis in a metropolitan area from Northern China.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Why diverticulosis haunts the Western world.Techniques in coloproctology · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundOnly a few data regarding colonic diverticulosis are available in Italy. We examined the frequency of colonic diverticulosis and its associations with risk factors in a homogeneous Northern Sardinian population undergoing colonoscopy for any reason in the last decades.
methodsThis was a retrospective single-center study. Medical records of patients undergoing colonoscopy for any indication between 1995 and 2013 were reviewed. Demographic information including age, gender, geographic area (urban, rural), marital status, smoking habit, occupation, body mass index, and comorbidities were collected. Presence, number, and extension of diverticula were assessed by colonoscopy. The diagnosis of diverticulosis was defined by the presence of more than five diverticula.
resultsA total of 4458 records were collected (39.8 % males). Analysis by birth cohorts showed a significant progressive age-related increase in the prevalence of diverticulosis. The average prevalence was 18.9 % without significant variation across the 19-year observation period. In 101 (12.1 %) subjects diverticula were single or few. Seventy-one percent of diverticula were located predominantly in the left side, 2 % in the right side, and 14.3 % were spread throughout the colon. There was a significant association with obesity but not with smoking habits, marital status, or urban versus rural environment. A strong association was observed between the presence of diverticulosis and cardiovascular and other gastrointestinal and lung disease (p < 0.0001). These associations were also confirmed by the logistic regression analysis.
conclusionsIn this endoscopic study, colonic diverticulosis in Northern Sardinia showed prevalence similar to other series in Western countries, and it was predominantly left sided and age related.
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