Table 2.

Patient characteristics associated with diverticulosis among detected cancers (n = 53,647)

Characteristics	Diverculosis (n=12678)		No Diverculosis (n=40969)		p-value
	N	%	N	%
Demographics
Age group					< 0.001
69 – 74	2764	21.8	12662	30.9
75 – 79	3256	25.7	11274	27.5
80 – 84	3304	26.1	9488	23.2
≥ 85	3354	26.5	7545	18.4
Sex					< 0.001
Male	7847	61.9	22215	54.2
Female	4831	38.1	18754	45.8
Race					< 0.001
White	11117	87.7	34219	83.5
Black	746	5.9	2889	7.1
Hispanic	483	3.8	1593	3.9
Asian or Pacific Islander	290	2.3	2076	5.1
Other/Unknown	42	0.3	19	0.5
Charlson Comorbidity					< 0.001
0	7374	58.2	25861	63.1
1	3165	25.0	9371	22.9
2	1249	9.9	3433	8.4
≥3	890	7.0	2304	5.6
Clinical presentation
Cancer stage					< 0.001
I	3311	26.1	10067	24.6
II	3835	30.3	11959	29.2
III	2818	22.2	9372	22.9
IV	1350	10.7	5238	12.8
Unknown	1364	10.8	4333	10.6
Tumor Grade					0.15
Well or moderately differentiated	9148	72.2	29865	72.9
Poorly differentiated	2342	18.5	7262	17.7
Cancer location					< 0.001
Proximal colon	7210	56.9	18660	45.6
Distal colon	3686	29.1	14235	34.8
Rectum	1560	12.3	7338	17.9
Unspecified	222	1.8	736	1.8
Physician specialty					< 0.001
Gastroenterology	7648	60.3	24339	59.4
Colorectal surgery	469	3.7	1535	3.8
General surgery	1433	11.3	4306	10.5
Internal medicine	758	6.0	2267	5.5
Family practice	1099	8.7	3457	8.4
Other	715	5.6	2933	7.2
Unknown	556	4.4	2132	5.2
Colonoscopy volume from noncancer sample					0.06
1 – 48	3279	25.9	10318	25.2
49 – 85	3235	25.5	10159	24.8
86 – 140	3073	24.2	10214	24.9
≥ 141	3091	24.4	10278	25.1
Polypectomy rate from noncancer sample (%)					0.16
0 – 0.24	3083	24.3	10219	24.9
0.24 – 0.33	3249	25.6	10184	24.9
0.33 – 0.43	3199	25.2	10202	24.9
≥ 0.43	3147	24.8	10364	25.3