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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with acute abdominal pain in the ED

From: Predictive score for diagnosing acute colonic diverticulitis in the emergency department: a retrospective study

Characteristic

Number of patients

p-value

Acute diverticulitis

(n = 72)

Non acute diverticulitis

(n = 352)

Age, Median (IQR)

63.5 (53,72)

50 (28.8,68)

< 0.001

 ≥ 60 years

41 (56.9)

132 (37.5)

0.003

Male

40 (55.6)

122 (34.7)

0.001

Diabetes mellitus

9 (12.5)

33 (9.4)

0.554

Hypertension

22 (30.6)

82 (23.3)

0.248

CKD

4 (5.6)

12 (3.4)

0.493

Heart disease

0 (0)

18 (5.1)

0.269

Stroke/TIA

0 (0)

11 (3.1)

0.224

HIV

1 (1.4)

3 (0.9)

0.526

Autoimmune disease

3 (4.2)

5 (1.4)

0.139

Chronic liver disease

0 (0)

10 (2.8)

0.224

History of colonic diverticulum

21 (29.2)

15 (4.3)

< 0.001

History of acute diverticulitis

15 (20.8)

5 (1.4)

< 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: CKD, chronic kidney disease; TIA, transient ischemic attack; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; ED, emergency department; IQR, Interquartile range
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