Research Article
Does Colonic Diverticulosis Raise the Risk of Colorectal Adenoma in Patients with Colorectal Cancer?
Table 1
Characteristics of patients with colorectal cancer according to the presence of diverticular disease.
| | Colorectal cancer without diverticulosis () | Colorectal cancer with diverticulosis () | value |
| | Sex (male) | 64 (56.6%) | 39 (70.9%) | 0.107 | | Age | | | 0.464 | | Mean follow-up period | | | 0.716 | | Location of colon cancer | | | 0.275 | | Cecum/ascending colon | 12 (10.6%) | 9 (16.4%) | | | Transverse colon | 5 (4.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | | | Descending colon | 1 (0.9%) | 2 (3.6%) | | | Sigmoid colon | 28 (24.8%) | 12 (21.8%) | | | Rectum | 67 (59.3%) | 32 (58.2%) | | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | | | 0.441 | | Smoking | 24 (21.2%) | 14 (25.5%) | 0.677 | | Alcohol | 28 (24.8%) | 15 (27.3%) | 0.873 | | Colorectal cancer (TNM stage) | | | | | T | | | 0.625 | | T1 | 16 (4.2%) | 9 (16.4%) | | | T2 | 34 (30.1%) | 18 (32.7%) | | | T3 | 56 (49.6%) | 22 (40.0%) | | | T4 | 7 (6.2%) | 6 (10.9%) | | | N | | | 0.242 | | N0 | 67 (59.3%) | 38 (69.1%) | | | N1 | 34 (30.1%) | 15 (27.3%) | | | N2 | 12 (10.6%) | 2 (3.6%) | | | M | | | 0.744 | | M0 | 106 (93.8%) | 53 (96.4%) | | | M1 | 7 (6.2%) | 2 (3.6%) | | | Synchronous colorectal adenoma | 49 (43.4%) | 40 (72.7%) | >0.001 | | Multiple colorectal adenoma | 18 (15.9%) | 13 (23.6%) | 0.227 | | Advanced colorectal adenoma | 25 (22.1%) | 15 (27.3%) | 0.462 |
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