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Patients' complications during hospitalization
| Age (yr) | < 45 n = 25 (%) | >45 n = 182 (%) | P value |
| Peri-diverticular air on CT | 5 (20) | 15 (8) | 0.063 |
| Abdominal abscess | 2 (8) | 4 (2) | 0.150 |
| Free perforation | 1 (4) | 5 (3) | 0.540 |
| Death | 0 (0) | 2 (1) | 0.598 |
| Total complication rate | 8 (32) | 24 (13) | 0.030 |
