. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 Feb 9;14(7):980–985.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2016.01.020

Table 1.

Characteristics of study participants.

	Diverticula n = 260	No Diverticula n =364
Age, year, mean ± SD	56 ± 7	53 ± 6
Age, years, %
≤50	18	23
51–60	59	64
>60	23	13
Sex, %
Male	48	41
Female	52	59
Race, %
White	77	75
Non-white	20	24
BMI, kg/m², mean ± SD	30 ± 7	28 ± 7
Waist circumference, cm, mean ± SD	98 ± 17	93 ± 16

Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index