Effect of oral mesalamine on inflammatory response in acute uncomplicated diverticulitis

Table 1 Baseline

	Study patients	Control patients	P value
	(n = 20)	(n = 30)
Age (yr)1	59.9 ± 15.7	66.5 ± 15.4	0.15
Sex (F)2	12 (60.0)	19 (63.3)	0.81
BMI (kg/m²)1	24.8 ± 3.8	28.9 ± 5.8	0.01
Arterial hypertension2	11 (55)	13 (43.3)	0.42
Type 2 diabetes mellitus2	1 (5)	5 (16.7)	0.21
Recurrent episode2	5 (25)	1 (3.4)	0.02
Hinchey IB2	5 (25)	2 (6.7)	0.07
Time to admission (d)1	2.3 ± 2.1	2.3 ± 2	0.99
CRP (mg/dL)3	6 ± 4.6	6 ± 6.3	0.41
WBC (109/L)1	12.5 ± 3.6	13 ± 4	0.62
Neutrophiles (109/L)1	9.6 ± 3.1	10.4 ± 4.2	0.45
Pain (NRS score)3	3.9 ± 2.8	4.5 ± 2.4	0.55

¹Data as mean ± SD, t-test;

²Data as n (%), χ² test;

³Data as mean ± SD, Mann Whitney test.