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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 16.
Published in final edited form as: Digestion. 2015 Jul 16;92(2):60–65. doi: 10.1159/000376574

Table 4.

Association of diverticular disease with prevalent colorectal polyps

a Screening colonoscopy (n = 550)

Diverticular
diseases
Any polyp Adenomas Hyperplastic polyps



n (%) OR (95% CI)* n (%) OR (95% CI)* n (%) OR (95% CI)*
No (n = 414) 160 (39) Reference 87 (21) Reference 63 (15) Reference
Yes (n = 136) 116 (85) 9.9 (5.4–16.8)1 79 (58) 5.1 (3.4–7.8)1 50 (37) 3.6 (2.3–5.6)1
b Diagnostic colonoscopy (n = 1,436)

Diverticular
diseases
Any polyp Adenomas Hyperplastic polyps



n (%) OR (95% CI)* n (%) OR (95% CI)* n (%) OR (95% CI)*
No (n = 870) 463 (53) Reference 231 (27) Reference 205 (24) Reference
Yes (n = 566) 375 (66) 1.5 (1.2–2.0)1 221 (39) 1.5 (1.2–1.9)2 161 (28) 1.24 (0.97–1.60)3
*

Adjusted for age and gender.

**

Adjusted for age, gender, and polyp rule out.

1

p value <0.001.

2

p value = 0.001.

3

p value = 0.09.