Difference between revisions of "Diverticular disease"

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 *Very common.
 *Typically seen in elderly patients - 50s and 60s.
-*Weakly associated with adenomatous polyps (OR 1.03) - probably due to shared causality (i.e. diet).<ref name=pmid2486634>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lim | first1 = YJ. | last2 = Nanto | first2 = S. | last3 = Masuyama | first3 = T. | last4 = Kohama | first4 = A. | last5 = Kodama | first5 = K. | last6 = Kitabatake | first6 = A. | last7 = Kamada | first7 = T. | title = [Evaluation of function of human collateral coronary arteries using myocardial contrast echocardiography]. | journal = J Cardiol | volume = 19 | issue = 4 | pages = 973-9 | month = Dec | year = 1989 | doi =  | PMID = 2486634 }}</ref>
+*Weakly associated with adenomatous polyps (odd ratio ~ 1.03) - probably due to shared causality (i.e. diet).<ref name=pmid2486634>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lim | first1 = YJ. | last2 = Nanto | first2 = S. | last3 = Masuyama | first3 = T. | last4 = Kohama | first4 = A. | last5 = Kodama | first5 = K. | last6 = Kitabatake | first6 = A. | last7 = Kamada | first7 = T. | title = [Evaluation of function of human collateral coronary arteries using myocardial contrast echocardiography]. | journal = J Cardiol | volume = 19 | issue = 4 | pages = 973-9 | month = Dec | year = 1989 | doi =  | PMID = 2486634 }}</ref>
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