Table 2.

Complete exploration of the colon in African Caribbean and European patients.

Complete exploration	Group AC with complete exploration N = 106	Group E with complete exploration N = 31	OR (95% CI)	p value
Pancolonic DD	78 (73.6)	11(35.5)	5.06 (2.15–11.88)	0.0002
Right-side DD∗	9 (8.5)	1 (3.2)	9 (1.03–78.17)	0.03
Left-side DD∗	10 (9.4)	18 (58.1)	0.06 (0.01–0.32)	0.0002
Bipolar left and right-side DD∗∗	9 (8.5)	1 (3.2)	9 (1.03–78.17)	0.03

Group AC, African Caribbeans; group E, Europeans; DD, diverticular disease. Qualitative values are expressed as n, %. ^∗without diverticula in controlateral side. ^∗∗without diverticula in transverse colon.