Colorectal Cancer and Polyps in Diverticulosis Patients: A 10-Year Retrospective Study in 13680 Patients

Table 3

Risk factors for colorectal cancer diagnosis, a multivariate analysis.

Characteristics	value	Odds ratio	95% CI
			Upper	Lower
Age at test (years)	<0.01	1.042	1.031	1.052
Gender (male)	0.357	1.099	0.899	1.344
Group (diverticulosis)	<0.01	0.472	0.382	0.584
Incomplete exam	<0.01	0.294	0.232	0.373
Procedures’ indication
Personal history of polyps	0.102	1.478	0.925	2.362
Abdominal pain/diarrhea	0.954	0.990	0.703	1.393
IBD follow-up	0.300	1.138	0.892	1.452
Past colonic surgery	0.299	0.612	0.242	1.546
Anemia	<0.01	2.912	2.168	3.911
Positive FOBT	<0.01	2.830	1.902	4.210
Rectal bleed	<0.01	3.504	2.556	4.803
Family history of CRC	0.506	1.066	0.883	1.287
Screening	0.350	0.572	0.177	1.845
Constipation	0.077	0.672	0.433	1.043
Imaging findings	<0.01	8.594	6.250	11.817
Weight loss	0.269	1.359	0.789	2.340