ArticleThe Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi2019
Risk Factors for Asymptomatic Colon Diverticulosis.
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- Diverticulosis and cardiometabolic risk factors: a systematic literature review.International journal of colorectal disease · 2023Pooled it
- Proton pump inhibitor use is not independently associated with colonic diverticulosis in an asymptomatic screening population.Scientific reports · 2026Observational
- The Epidemiology of Diverticulitis.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2025Review
- Association between Cardiovascular Risk Assessment by SCORE2 and Diverticulosis: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
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- [Diagnosis and Treatment of Colonic Diverticular Disease].The Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi · 2022Review
- Colonic Diverticulosis and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Is There a Connection?Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Article
- Conservative Management of Complicated Colonic Diverticulitis in Early and Late Elderly.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Article
- Understanding the Natural History of the Disease.Seminars in colon & rectal surgery · 2021Article
- Genetic Risk Factors for Diverticular Disease-Emerging Evidence.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2020Review
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Abstract
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aimsThe etiology of colon diverticulosis is related to a range of genetic, biological, and environmental factors, but the risk factors for asymptomatic diverticulosis of the colon are unclear. This study examined the risk factors for asymptomatic colon diverticulosis.
methodsThis retrospective study included examinees who underwent a colonoscopy for screening at the health check-up center of SAM Hospital between January 2016 and December 2016. The examinees with colon diverticulosis found by colonoscopy were compared with those without diverticulosis. The comparison factors were age, gender, alcohol consumption, smoking status, medical history, lipid profile, body mass index, visceral fat area, waist-hip ratio, and severity of a fatty liver.
resultsThis study included 937 examinees and the overall prevalence of diverticulosis was 8.1% (76/937). Fatty liver was found in 69.7% (53/76) in cases of colon diverticulosis and 50.3% (433/861) in the control group (p=0.001). The average waist-hip ratio was 0.92±0.051 in colon diverticulosis and 0.90±0.052 in the control group (p=0.052). Multivariate analysis revealed the waist-hip ratio (OR=1.035, 95% CI 1.000-1.070, p=0.043), moderate fatty liver (OR=2.238, 95% CI 1.026-4.882, p=0.043), and severe fatty liver (OR=5.519, 95% CI 1.236-21.803, p=0.025) to be associated with an increased risk of asymptomatic colon diverticulosis.
conclusionsThe waist-hip ratio, moderate fatty liver, and severe fatty liver are risk factors for asymptomatic colon diverticulosis. Central obesity, which can be estimated by the waist-hip ratio, and fatty liver might affect the pathogenesis of asymptomatic colon diverticulosis.
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