ArticleEuropean radiology2019
Characteristics and associated risk factors of diverticular disease assessed by magnetic resonance imaging in subjects from a Western general population.
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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
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the diagnosis and management of acute colonic diverticulitis: a review of current and future use.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2021Pooled it
- Proton pump inhibitor use is not independently associated with colonic diverticulosis in an asymptomatic screening population.Scientific reports · 2026Observational
- A Contemporary Multifaceted Insight into the Association Between Diabetes Mellitus and Diverticular Disease: An Update About Geriatric Syndrome.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Association between Cardiovascular Risk Assessment by SCORE2 and Diverticulosis: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- The Impact of Educational Status on the Occurrence of Colonic Diverticula: Insights from an Austrian Cohort Study.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2024Article
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- The Characteristics of Diverticular Disease in Caribbean Population: A Control Group Study.Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2022Article
- Dietary habits and the presence and degree of asymptomatic diverticular disease by magnetic resonance imaging in a Western population: a population-based cohort study.Nutrition & metabolism · 2021Article
- Incidentalomas, SPEW, and VOMIT-radiological dyspepsia?European radiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesDiverticular disease represents an increasing pathology and healthcare burden worldwide. Our aim was to study the prevalence, extent and distribution of asymptomatic diverticular disease assessed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a sample of a Western population.
methodsSubjects from a population-based cohort study who underwent 3-T MRI were analyzed for the prevalence and extent of diverticula of the colon using an isotropic VIBE-Dixon gradient-echo sequence. The extent of diverticular disease was categorized according to the number of diverticula in each colonic segment. Univariate and adjusted analyses were performed to assess associated characteristics and risk factors.
resultsAmong 393 subjects included in the analysis (56.4 ± 9.2 years, 57.5% males), 164 (42%) had diverticular disease, with the highest prevalence in the left-sided colonic segments (93% diverticular disease in the descending and sigmoid segment). Subjects with advanced diverticular disease were older (62.1 vs. 54.4 years) and had a higher body mass index (BMI), LDL cholesterol levels and systolic blood pressure (30.2 ± 5.1 vs. 27.8 ± 4.9 kg/m
conclusionsThese findings provide insights into the disease mechanism of asymptomatic diverticular disease and may help to improve prevention of diverticulosis and its associated complications. KEY POINTS: • Overall prevalence of asymptomatic diverticular disease assessed by MRI was 42%, affecting predominantly the left-sided colon. • Asymptomatic diverticular disease was associated with age and cardiometabolic risk factors. • Magnetic resonance imaging reveals insights into the pathophysiologic mechanism of asymptomatic diverticular disease.
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