Acute Diverticulitis in the Young: The Same Disease in a Different Patient

Table 6

(a) Risk factors for diverticulitis in the young after logistic regression analysis. (b) Risk factors for complicated diverticulitis regardless of age.

(a)

Parameter	𝛽 Coefficient	Standard error	𝑃	OR	95% CI
Male gender	1.07	0.543	0.047	2.93	1.01–8.51
BMI ≥ 25	1.81	0.789	0.021	6.12	1.30–28.77
Alcohol	1.14	0.543	0.035	3.14	1.08–9.14

(b)

Parameter	𝛽 Coefficient	Standard error	𝑃	OR	95% CI
Fever > 38°C	1.11	0.480	0.020	3.05	1.18–7.82
WBC > 12000	1.26	0.516	0.013	3.55	1.29–9.79

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; WBC: white blood cell; and BMI: body mass index.