Colonic diverticulitis with comorbid diseases may require elective colectomy

Table 5 Risk factors for urgent colectomy for colonic diverticulitis according to multivariable analysis

Variables	B	SE	OR (95%CI)	P value
Age	-0.046	0.662	0.955 (0.261-3.497)	0.944
Sex	0.001	0.025	1.001 (0.953-1.050)	0.983
Smoking	2.169	0.873	8.747 (1.580-48.405)	0.013
Albumin	3.467	0.806	32.049 (6.599-155.644)	< 0.001
Aspirin	-0.873	1.382	0.418 (0.028-6.270)	0.527
NSAIDs	3.323	1.212	27.745 (2.578-298.594)	0.006
Steroids	0.785	1.313	2.193 (0.167-28.780)	0.550
CV disease	1.320	1.262	3.745 (0.316-44.390)	0.295
DM	1.810	0.726	6.109 (1.473-25.333)	0.013
Liver disease	-0.291	1.373	0.748 (0.051-11.028)	0.832
Uremia	0.898	1.250	2.454 (0.212-28.416)	0.473
Gout	0.470	1.335	1.600 (0.117-21.911)	0.725

DM: Diabetes mellitus; NSAID: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug; CV: Cardiovascular.