Table 1.

Characteristic of patients.

	Group 1 (n = 11)	Group 2 (n = 23)	P value
Age (mean)	25–77 (43.5)	25–79 (45.8)	0.34a
Sex (male/female)	1/10	5/18	0.365b
CRP	6.18	6.49	0.451a
WBC	10740	11408	0.266a
Previous diverticulitis	4 (36.3%)	1 (4.3%)	0.0137b
Number episodes of diverticulitis	0.45 (0–3)	0.043 (0-1)	0.00494a
Lesion (right/left)	9/2	19/4	0.955b
Operation	1 (9.1%)	3 (13.0%)	0.827b
BMI	21.6	23.3	0.082b

^aStudent's t-test.

^bFisher's exact test.