Table 3.

Multivariable analysis of the role of percutaneous drainage for patients with diverticular abscesses > 5 cm on clinical outcomes (failure of non-operative treatment, length of antibiotic therapy, length of hospital stay, and recurrence of acute diverticulitis)

Variable	Adjusted Odds Ratio (aOR)	P value	95% confidence interval (CI)
Abscesses > 5 cm
Failure of the non-operative treatment	2.78	0.23	− 0.66;3.70
Length of antibiotic therapy	1.01	0.90	− 0.23;1.26
Length of hospital stay	1.00	0.92	− 0.15;1.17
Symptomatic acute diverticulitis recurrence ≤ 30 days	2.77	0.99	− 7.73;7.77
Symptomatic acute diverticulitis recurrence > 30 days (to 90-day follow-up)	2.36	0.99	− 4.45;4.49