Table 1. Characteristics of symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with diverticulosis^a.

	Symptomatic	Asymptomatic	Pb
Age (years)	64 (54–70)	66 (57–69)	0.7
Gender
% Female	60.5	47.1
% Male	39.5	52.9
BMI (kg m-2)	29.0 (4.7)	28.3 (4.9)	0.7
Number of hours/day with pain (hours)	1.2 (0.6–2.9)	0	0.0001
Stool frequency (bowel movements/week)	1.7 (1.3–2.1)	1.6 (1.4–2.4)	1.0
PHQ-12 SS	9.0 (6.8–11.0)	4.0 (2.0–7.5)	0.0003
HAD score
Anxiety	6.0 ± 4.2	4.2 ± 3.3	0.14
Depression	3.5 (1.8–6.0)	2.0 (1.0–3.5)	0.09
Laxative use	2	2
Diverticulitis in the last year	6	1	0.42

^a Normally distributed data are shown as mean (SD) while median (IQR) is used for non-normally distributed data

^b P values are calculated using unpaired t tests for normally distributed data and Mann-Whitney tests when non-normal