Prevalence and clinical features of colonic diverticulosis in a Middle Eastern population

Table 1 Comorbidities of patients and indications for a colonoscopy for the complete cohort of patients

Variable	Percentage	95%CI
Comorbidities
Hypertension	63.88%	52.52-75.25
Diabetes	44.44%	32.68-56.20
Dyslipidemia	22.22%	12.38-32.06
Aspirin	10.07%	8.35-11.82
Chronic kidney disease	5.55%	0.10-11.00
Coronary artery disease	4.16%	0.10-9.00
Indication for colonoscopy
Bleeding per rectum	22.94%	21.50-24.38
Abdominal pain	19.30%	17.94-20.64
Surveillance	16.29%	15.03-17.55
Constipation	9.57%	8.57-10.58
Diarrhea	8.75%	7.79-9.72
Screening	7.57%	6.67-8.48
Weight loss	5.50%	4.72-6.28
Anemia	5.02%	4.27-5.76
Melena	3.13%	2.54-3.73
Anal pain	1.91%	1.45-2.38
Altered bowel habits	1.76%	1.31-2.21
Perianal fistula	1.19%	0.82-1.55
Positive for occult blood	0.52%	0.27-0.76