Table 2.

Participant characteristics and associations with multiple, large, or deep diverticula.

	>10 diverticula aOR (95% CI)	Large diverticula aOR (95% CI)	Deep diverticula aOR (95% CI)
Age
≤50 years	1.0	1.0	1.0
51–60	2.4 (1.1–5.0)	2.6 (1.2–5.5)	2.8 (1.3–6.2)
>60	5.6 (2.5–12.6)	3.8 (1.6–9.0)	4.3 (1.8–10.5)
Sex
Male	1.0	1.0	1.0
Female	0.79 (0.50–1.3)	0.8 (0.48–1.4)	0.9 (0.50–1.5)
Race
White	1.0	1.0	1.0
Nonwhite	0.75 (0.43–1.31)	2.1 (1.0–4.1)	2.5 (1.2–4.9)
BMI
Normal 18.5–25	1.0	1.0	1.0
Overweight (25–30)	2.0 (1.0–3.8)	1.6 (0.80–3.2)	1.4 (0.68–2.7)
Obese (>30)	3.1 (1.7–5.8)	1.6 (0.80–3.1)	1.3 (0.68–2.7)

Abbreviations: aOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index