Demographic determinants of risk, colon distribution and density scores of diverticular disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1009-1017

  Golder, Mark ^a   Ster, Irina Chis ^b   Babu, Pratusha ^c   Sharma, Amita ^c   Bayat, Muhammad ^c   Farah, Abdulkadir ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barium enema; Colon distribution; Diverticular disease; Ethnicity; Migration; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BARIUM ENEMA; CAUCASIAN; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 79955943149     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i8.1009     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Campbell WB, Lee EJ, Van de Sijpe K, Gooding J, Cooper MJ. A 25-year study of emergency surgical admissions. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2002; 84: 273-277
2. Etzioni DA, Mack TM, Beart RW Jr, Kaiser AM. Diverticulitis in the United States: 1998-2005: changing patterns of disease and treatment. Ann Surg 2009; 249: 210-217
3. Blachut K, Paradowski L, Garcarek J. Prevalence and distribution of the colonic diverticulosis. Review of 417 cases from Lower Silesia in Poland. Rom J Gastroenterol 2004; 13: 281-285
4. Manousos ON, Truelove SC, Lumsden K. Transit times of food in patients with diverticulosis or irritable colon syndrome and normal subjects. Br Med J 1967; 3: 760-762
5. Koehler R. The incidence of colonic diverticulosis in finland and sweden. Acta Chir Scand 1963; 126: 148-155
6. Munakata A, Nakaji S, Takami H, Nakajima H, Iwane S, Tuchida S. Epidemiological evaluation of colonic diverticulosis and dietary fiber in Japan. Tohoku J Exp Med 1993; 171: 145-151
7. Chan CC, Lo KK, Chung EC, Lo SS, Hon TY. Colonic diverticulosis in Hong Kong: distribution pattern and clinical significance. Clin Radiol 1998; 53: 842-844
8. Miura S, Kodaira S, Shatari T, Nishioka M, Hosoda Y, Hisa TK. Recent trends in diverticulosis of the right colon in Japan: retrospective review in a regional hospital. Dis Colon Rectum 2000; 43: 1383-1389
9. Fong SS, Tan EY, Foo A, Sim R, Cheong DM. The changing trend of diverticular disease in a developing Nation. Colorectal Dis 2011; 13: 312-316
10. Ihekwaba FN. Diverticular disease of the colon in black Africa. J R Coll Surg Edinb 1992; 37: 107-109
11. Madiba TE, Mokoena T. Pattern of diverticular disease among Africans. East Afr Med J 1994; 71: 644-646
12. Baako BN. Diverticular disease of the colon in Accra, Ghana. Br J Surg 2001; 88: 1595
13. Castronovo G, Ciulla A, Tomasello G, Damiani S, Maiorana AM. Diverticular disease of right colon. Clinical variants and personal experience. Chir Ital 2006; 58: 213-217
14. Irvine EJ, O'Connor J, Frost RA, Shorvon P, Somers S, Stevenson GW, Hunt RH. Prospective comparison of double contrast barium enema plus flexible sigmoidoscopy v colonoscopy in rectal bleeding: barium enema v colonoscopy in rectal bleeding. Gut 1988; 29: 1188-1193
15. Hosmer DW, Lemeshow S. Applied Logistic Regression. John Wiley & Sons, USA, 2 ed. 2000
16. Jeyarajah S, Papagrigoriadis S. Diverticular disease increases and effects younger ages: an epidemiological study of 10-year trends. Int J Colorectal Dis 2008; 23: 619-627
17. Kang JY, Hoare J, Tinto A, Subramanian S, Ellis C, Majeed A, Melville D, Maxwell JD. Diverticular disease of the colon-on the rise: a study of hospital admissions in England between 1989/1990 and 1999/2000. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2003; 17: 1189-1195
18. Debray C, Hardouin JP, Besancon F, Raimbault J. [Incidence of colic diverticulosis according to age. Statistical study from 500 barium enemas]. Sem Hop 1961; 37: 1743-1745
19. Mensah Y, Dakubo J, Asiamah S, Naaeder S. Outcome of barium enema in patients with colorectal symptoms. Ghana Med J 2008; 42: 113-116
20. Hjern F, Johansson C, Mellgren A, Baxter NN, Hjern A. Diverticular disease and migration--the influence of acculturation to a Western lifestyle on diverticular disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2006; 23: 797-805
21. Aldoori WH, Giovannucci EL, Rockett HR, Sampson L, Rimm EB, Willett WC. A prospective study of dietary fiber types and symptomatic diverticular disease in men. J Nutr 1998; 128: 714-719
22. Lin OS, Soon MS, Wu SS, Chen YY, Hwang KL, Triadafilopoulos G. Dietary habits and right-sided colonic diverticulosis. Dis Colon Rectum 2000; 43: 1412-1418
23. Simpson J, Sundler F, Humes DJ, Jenkins D, Scholefield JH, Spiller RC. Post inflammatory damage to the enteric nervous system in diverticular disease and its relationship to symptoms. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2009; 21: 847-858
24. Deshpande AV, Oliver M, Yin M, Goh TH, Hutson JM. Severe colonic diverticulitis in an adolescent with Williams syndrome. J Paediatr Child Health 2005; 41: 687-688
25. Golder M, Burleigh DE, Ghali L, Feakins RM, Lunniss PJ, Williams NS, Navsaria HA. Longitudinal muscle shows abnormal relaxation responses to nitric oxide and contains altered levels of NOS1 and elastin in uncomplicated diverticular disease. Colorectal Dis 2007; 9: 218-228
26. Sugihara K, Muto T, Morioka Y. Motility study in right sided diverticular disease of the colon. Gut 1983; 24: 1130-1134
27. Havia T, Manner R. The irritable colon syndrome. A followup study with special reference to the development of diverticula. Acta Chir Scand 1971; 137: 569-572
28. Parks TG. Natural history of diverticular disease of the colon. Clin Gastroenterol 1975; 4: 53-69
29. Simpson J, Neal KR, Scholefield JH, Spiller RC. Patterns of pain in diverticular disease and the influence of acute diverticulitis. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2003; 15: 1005-1010
30. Yang HR, Huang HH, Wang YC, Hsieh CH, Chung PK, Jeng LB, Chen RJ. Management of right colon diverticulitis: a 10-year experience. World J Surg 2006; 30: 1929-1934
31. So JB, Kok K, Ngoi SS. Right-sided colonic diverticular disease as a source of lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Am Surg 1999; 65: 299-302