Table 3.
Patient Characteristics of Acute Colonic Diverticulitis who Responded to the Questionneir.
| Right sider (n=156) |
Left side (n=56) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Response rate to the questionnaire survey | 43.6% | 43.8% | ns |
| Observation period year [mean (SD)] | 6.7 (4.2) | 5.4 (3.2) | <0.05 |
| Presenting features | |||
| Age: mean (SD) | 49.9 (13.6) | 62.2 (12.3) | <0.001 |
| Sex : men:women (% of men) | 112:44 (71.8) | 39:17 (69.6) | ns |
| WBC (/mm3) [mean(SD)] | 10,635 (3,206) | 10,181(4,001) | ns |
| CRP (mg/dL) [median (IQR)] | 4.6 (8.0) | 3.1 (4.4) | ns |
| Past history of ACD (%) | 25 (16.0) | 13 (23.2) | ns |
| Recurrence (%) | 42 (26.9) | 11 (19.6) | ns |
WBC: white blood cell, CRP:C-reactive protein, ACD: acute colonic diverticulitis, SD: standard deviation, IQR: interquatar range