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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Aug 16, 2013; 5(8): 391-397
Published online Aug 16, 2013. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v5.i8.391
Published online Aug 16, 2013. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v5.i8.391
Table 1 Comorbidities of patients and indications for a colonoscopy for the complete cohort of patients
Variable | Percentage | 95%CI |
Comorbidities | ||
Hypertension | 63.88% | 52.52-75.25 |
Diabetes | 44.44% | 32.68-56.20 |
Dyslipidemia | 22.22% | 12.38-32.06 |
Aspirin | 10.07% | 8.35-11.82 |
Chronic kidney disease | 5.55% | 0.10-11.00 |
Coronary artery disease | 4.16% | 0.10-9.00 |
Indication for colonoscopy | ||
Bleeding per rectum | 22.94% | 21.50-24.38 |
Abdominal pain | 19.30% | 17.94-20.64 |
Surveillance | 16.29% | 15.03-17.55 |
Constipation | 9.57% | 8.57-10.58 |
Diarrhea | 8.75% | 7.79-9.72 |
Screening | 7.57% | 6.67-8.48 |
Weight loss | 5.50% | 4.72-6.28 |
Anemia | 5.02% | 4.27-5.76 |
Melena | 3.13% | 2.54-3.73 |
Anal pain | 1.91% | 1.45-2.38 |
Altered bowel habits | 1.76% | 1.31-2.21 |
Perianal fistula | 1.19% | 0.82-1.55 |
Positive for occult blood | 0.52% | 0.27-0.76 |
Table 2 Comorbidities of patients and indications for a colonoscopy stratified by the presence and absence of diverticulosis as well as the univariable analysis between the presence of diverticulosis and the corresponding variables
Variable | Diverticulosis | No diverticulosis | P-value | Univariable analysis | |
OR | 95%CI | ||||
Comorbidities | |||||
Hypertension | 63.88% | 25.92% | < 0.01 | 5.05 | 3.06-8.34 |
Diabetes | 44.44% | 24.32% | < 0.01 | 2.49 | 1.53-4.05 |
Dyslipidemia | 22.22% | 10.77% | 0.03 | 2.37 | 1.31-4.27 |
Aspirin | 21.33% | 9.23% | 0.01 | 2.67 | 1.48-4.81 |
Chronic kidney disease | 5.56% | 3.12% | 0.38 | 2.91 | 0.82-10.29 |
Coronary artery disease | 4.16% | 1.43% | 0.27 | 1.82 | 0.62-5.30 |
Indication for colonoscopy | |||||
Bleeding per rectum | 33.60% | 22.08% | < 0.01 | 1.79 | 1.35-2.35 |
Abdominal pain | 19.30% | 15.20% | 0.06 | 0.73 | 0.51-1.05 |
Constipation | 12.80% | 9.31% | 0.11 | 1.43 | 0.96-2.11 |
Surveillance | 10.40% | 16.72% | < 0.01 | 0.58 | 0.38-0.87 |
Screening | 6.40% | 7.67% | 0.43 | 0.82 | 0.49-1.39 |
Anemia | 6.00% | 4.94% | 0.5 | 1.23 | 0.71-2.12 |
Melena | 3.13% | 4.40% | 0.31 | 1.47 | 0.78-2.79 |
Diarrhea | 2.40% | 9.28% | < 0.01 | 0.24 | 0.11-0.55 |
Altered bowel habits | 2.00% | 1.74% | 0.78 | 1.15 | 0.46-2.90 |
Weight loss | 2.00% | 5.79% | < 0.01 | 0.33 | 0.14-0.82 |
Anal pain | 1.20% | 1.97% | 0.29 | 0.6 | 0.19-1.94 |
Positive for occult blood | 1.20% | 0.46% | 0.29 | 2.62 | 0.75-9.19 |
Perianal fistula | 0.40% | 1.25% | 0.06 | 0.32 | 0.04-2.32 |
Table 3 Variables associated with the presence of diverticulosis on multivariable analysis
Variable | Multivariable analysis | |
OR | 95%CI | |
Age | 1.05 | 1.03-1.07 |
Hypertension | 2.30 | 1.29-4.10 |
Bleeding per rectum | 2.57 | 1.50-4.38 |
Internal hemorrhoids | 1.96 | 1.06-3.65 |
Table 4 Factors associated with of bleeding per rectum in those with diverticulosis on univariable analysis, none of the variables were associated with bleeding per rectum on multivariable analysis
Variable | OR | 95%CI |
Age | 1.00 | 0.97-1.02 |
Hypertension | 0.73 | 0.27-1.95 |
Diabetes | 1.27 | 0.48-3.32 |
Dyslipidemia | 1.00 | 0.32-3.15 |
Atrial fibrillation | 0.44 | 0.05-3.50 |
Abdominal Pain | 0.19 | 0.07-0.57 |
Constipation | 0.75 | 0.33-1.70 |
Diarrhea | 0.39 | 0.04-3.38 |
Internal hemorrhoids | 2.61 | 1.48-4.61 |
Polyps | 1.28 | 0.72-2.29 |
Table 5 Findings on colonoscopy and possible etiologies for patients referred for bleeding per rectum
Etiology | Percentage | 95%CI |
Internal hemorrhoids | 44.66% | 40.36-48.96 |
Diverticulosis | 33.60% | 27.73-39.47 |
Mass | 31.45% | 26.03-36.87 |
Polyps | 24.76% | 21.37-28.15 |
Colitis | 18.97% | 14.44-23.49 |
- Citation: Azzam N, Aljebreen AM, Alharbi O, Almadi MA. Prevalence and clinical features of colonic diverticulosis in a Middle Eastern population. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2013; 5(8): 391-397
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5190/full/v5/i8/391.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v5.i8.391