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
Coefficient
Standard error
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
Coefficient
Standard error
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.