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. 2019 Jun 17;12:1756284819855734. doi: 10.1177/1756284819855734

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study participants according to diverticulosis status.

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.