Table 1.
Baseline characteristics | Diverticulosis
group (n = 141) |
Nondiverticulosis group (n = 2607) | p value |
---|---|---|---|
Continuous variables* | |||
Age (years) | 59.04 ± 10.28 | 52.90 ± 11.55 | <0.001 |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 26.21 ± 4.18 | 24.52 ± 3.79 | <0.001 |
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 194.67 ± 36.77 | 194.41 ± 36.86 | 0.936 |
Triglyceride (mg/dl) | 165.67 ± 102.52 | 144.81 ± 90.60 | 0.001 |
Uric acid (mg/dl) | 6.34 ± 1.41 | 5.80 ± 1.45 | <0.001 |
Creatinine (mg/dl) | 1.00 ± 0.83 | 0.85 ± 0.29 | <0.001 |
Fasting glucose (mg/dl) | 104.21 ± 26.68 | 98.04 ± 27.26 | 0.010 |
Categorical variables$ | |||
Sex | <0.001 | ||
Male | 106 (75.2) | 1566 (60.1) | |
Female | 35 (24.8) | 1041 (39.9) | |
Hypertension‡ | <0.001 | ||
No | 54 (38.3) | 1687 (64.7) | |
Yes | 87 (61.7) | 920 (35.3) | |
Exercise | 0.305 | ||
No exercise | 18 (13.5) | 338 (13.7) | |
<1 times/week | 52 (39.1) | 1015 (41.2) | |
1–2 times/week | 26 (19.5) | 585 (23.8) | |
3–5 times/week | 37 (27.8) | 523 (21.3) | |
Smoking | 0.089 | ||
Never smoker | 72 (53.3) | 1542 (62.7) | |
Former smoker | 20 (14.8) | 309 (12.6) | |
Current smoker | 43 (31.9) | 610 (24.8) | |
Alcohol consumption | 0.169 | ||
Never drinking | 60 (48.0) | 1138 (50.0) | |
1–2 times/week | 54 (43.2) | 1024 (45.0) | |
3–7 times/week | 11 (8.8) | 113 (5.0) |
Values were expressed as mean (standard deviation).
Values in the categorical variables were expressed as number (%).
Hypertension = blood pressure ⩾140/90 mmHg, or if they were using antihypertensive medication.