Visceral obesity as a risk factor for left-sided diverticulitis in Japan: A multicenter retrospective study

Gut and Liver

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 532-538

  Yamada, Eiji ^a   Ohkubo, Hidenori ^a   Higurashi, Takuma ^a   Sakai, Eiji ^a   Endo, Hiroki ^a   Takahashi, Hirokazu ^a   Uchida, Eri ^b   Tanida, Emi ^b   Izumi, Nobuyoshi ^b   Kanesaki, Akira ^b   Hata, Yasuo ^c   Matsuura, Tetsuya ^c   Fujisawa, Nobutaka ^d   Komatsu, Kazuto ^e   Maeda, Shin ^a   Nakajima, Atsushi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Machida Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c CHIGASAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN HIROO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Yokosuka City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diverticulitis; Epidemiology; Obesity; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; JAPAN; LEFT SIDED DIVERTICULITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84884799540     PISSN: 19762283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5009/gnl.2013.7.5.532     Document Type: Article

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