Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: RESULTS:
Colonic diverticulosis was present in 7 of 85 patients with and in 24 patients without ulcerative colitis (8.2 vs. 28.2 percent; P < 0.001; relative risk, 3.4; 95 percent confidence interval, 1.56-7.52). All seven patients with both diseases were diagnosed with ulcerative colitis when older than age 45 years. No differences were found between the two groups in terms of extension of diverticula. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Antonio Rispo, Luigi Pasquale, Antonio Cozzolino, Elena Di Girolamo, Giovanni Domenico De Palma, Roberto Grassia, Alessandro Compagna, Maria Rosaria Chierchia, Fabiana Castiglione |
Journal | Diseases of the colon and rectum
(Dis Colon Rectum)
Vol. 50
Issue 8
Pg. 1164-8
(Aug 2007)
ISSN: 0012-3706 [Print] United States |
PMID | 17347901
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Case-Control Studies
- Cohort Studies
- Colitis, Ulcerative
(complications, pathology)
- Colonoscopy
- Diverticulosis, Colonic
(epidemiology, pathology)
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prevalence
- Severity of Illness Index
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