Table 4.
Diverticulitis patients characteristics.
| Year | p-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2019 vs. 2020 | 2020 vs. 2021 | 2019 vs. 2021 | |
| Male gender n (%) | 54 (47.0) | 21 (45.7) | 49 (51.0) | 1 | 0.673 | 0.651 |
| Age (years) median (IQR) | 66 (54–76) | 62 (48.7–71.7) | 61.5 (49–76.5) | 0.430* | ||
| CCI median (IQR) | 2 (1–4) | 2 (0–3) | 2 (1–4) | 0.490* | ||
| Delay > 7 days n (%) | 11 (9.6) | 9 (19.6) | 19 (20.7) | 0.146 | 1 | 0.043 |
| Severity at diagnosis | ||||||
| Mild n (%) | 92 (80.7) | 28 (68.3) | 70 (72.9) | < 0.001 | 0.004 | 0.394 |
| Moderate n (%) | 16 (14.0) | 2 (4.9) | 18 (18.8) | |||
| Severe n (%) | 6 (5.3) | 11 (26.8) | 8 (8.3) | |||
| Surgical treatment n (%) | 16 (13.9) | 14 (30.4) | 15 (15.6) | 0.027 | 0.068 | 0.877 |
| Laparoscopic approach n (%) | 8 (53.3) | 3 (21.4) | 7 (46.7) | 0.166 | 0.245 | 1 |
| Length of stay (days) median (IQR) | 5 (3–8) | 7 (5–12) | 6 (3–10) | 0.008 | 0.084 | 1 |
| Complications (any grade) n (%) | 15 (13.0) | 17 (37.0) | 17 (17.7) | 0.001 | 0.021 | 0.454 |
| Severe complications (grade 3–5) n (%) | 5 (4.3) | 7 (15.2) | 7 (7.3) | 0.040 | 0.146 | 0.535 |
| Mortality n (%) | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.0) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index.
*Non-significant p-value in Kruskal–Wallis test, therefore no multiple comparations were performed.