Table 3.

The sex differences in risk factors of colonic diverticulosis on multivariate analyses.

Risk factors	Reference	B	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	P values
Men
Age	—	0.047	1.05 (1.03, 1.06)	<0.001
Red meat ≥ 100 g/d	Red meat < 100 g/d	0.926	2.53 (1.72, 3.70)	<0.001
Smoking index
<400	Nonsmoker	0.317	1.37 (0.96, 1.97)	0.084
≥400	Nonsmoker	0.759	2.14 (1.05, 4.33)	0.035
Hypertension	Non-hypertension	1.216	3.37 (0.69, 16.4)	0.133
Rheumatologic diseases	Non-rheumatologic diseases	1.216	3.38 (1.09, 10.5)	0.035
NSAIDs	Non-NSAIDs	0.748	2.11 (1.12, 3.97)	0.020
Antihypertension medications	Non-Antihypertension medications	0.447	1.08 (0.52, 11.8)	0.159
Women
Age	—	0.028	1.03 (1.01, 1.05)	0.013
BMI (kg/m²)	—	0.109	1.12 (1.04, 1.19)	0.001
Smoking index
<400	Nonsmoker	1.680	5.37 (1.03, 27.9)	0.046
≥400	Nonsmoker	2.327	10.2 (2.81, 37.4)	<0.001
Hypertension	Non-hypertension	0.564	1.76 (1.01, 3.06)	0.047
Rheumatologic diseases	Non-rheumatologic diseases	2.084	8.04 (3.05, 21.2)	<0.001
Colonic polyps	Non-colonic polyps	1.138	3.12 (1.82, 5.36)	<0.001
Antihypertension drugs	Non-antihypertension drugs	1.094	2.99 (1.66, 5.39)	<0.001
NSAIDs	Non-NSAIDs	0.095	1.10(0.46, 2.66)	0.833

BMI body mass index, NSAIDs non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval.