Clinical Study
Acute Diverticulitis in the Young: The Same Disease in a Different Patient
Table 2
Patients’ comorbidities and habits.
| Parameter | years | 50 years | |
| Number | 23 | 57 | | ASA | | | | 1-2 | 23 (100.0%) | 37 (65.0%) | 0.000 | 3-4 | 0 | 20 (35.0%) | Hypertension | 2 (8.6%) | 27 (47.3%) | 0.001 | COPD | 0 | 4 (7.0%) | 0.319 | Ischemic heart disease | 1 (4.3%) | 12 (21.0%) | 0.095 | Diabetes mellitus | 0 | 6 (10.5%) | 0.175 | Aspirin or NSAIDs | 1 (4.3%) | 8 (14%) | 0.434 | Steroids | 1 (4.3%) | 2 (3.5%) | 0.637 | Smoke | 13 (56.5%) | 20 (35.0%) | 0.087 | Alcohol | 17 (73.9%) | 27 (47.3%) | 0.046 |
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ASA: American Society of Anesthesiology; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. NSAIDs: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
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