Table 1.

Baseline demographic characteristics of subjects with diverticulosis and subjects without diverticulosis

	Subjects with diverticulosis (n=99)	Subjects without diverticulosis (n=165)	P values
Gender			0.013
Female	63 (63.6%)	130 (78.8%)
Male	36 (36.4%)	35 (21.2%)
Mean age	60.58	46.73	0.000
Ethnicity			0.080
Hispanic	8 (8.08%)	12 (7.2%)
Non-Hispanic	91 (91.92%)	153 (92.8%)
Race			0.080
American Indian/Alaska Native	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Asian	1 (1.01%)	3 (1.8%)
African American	18 (18.1%)	28 (16.9%)
Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian	2 (2.02%)	0 (0%)
White	70 (70.7%)	113 (68.4%)
Others	8 (8.08%)	21 (12.7%)
Smoking	13 (13.1%)	19 (11.5%)	0.391
Mean Body Mass Index	28.24	26.78	0.155
Alcohol use	47 (47.4%)	65 (39.3%)	0.218
Illicit drug use	0 (0%)	2 (1.2%)	0.633