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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Aug 16, 2013; 5(8): 391-397
Published online Aug 16, 2013. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v5.i8.391
Published online Aug 16, 2013. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v5.i8.391
Prevalence and clinical features of colonic diverticulosis in a Middle Eastern population
Nahla Azzam, Abdulrahman M Aljebreen, Othman Alharbi, Majid A Almadi, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia
Majid A Almadi, Division of Gastroenterology, the McGill University Health Center, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada
Author contributions: Azzam N, Aljebreen AM, Almadi MA and Alharbi O did the conception and design, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting the article and revising it critically for important intellectual content, and final approval of the version to be published.
Supported by King Saud University for its funding of this research through the Research Group Project, No. RGP-VPP-279
Correspondence to: Dr. Majid A Almadi, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, PO Box 2925(59), Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia. maalmadi@ksu.edu.sa
Telephone: +966-1-4679167 Fax: +966-1-4671217
Received: March 25, 2013
Revised: July 2, 2013
Accepted: July 9, 2013
Published online: August 16, 2013
Revised: July 2, 2013
Accepted: July 9, 2013
Published online: August 16, 2013
Core Tip
Core tip: Colonic-diverticulosis is common in Western populations as well as an emerging disease in Eastern populations but prevalence data for Arab populations is scarce. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 3649 consecutive patients who underwent a colonoscopy for all indications. The demographic information included the age, sex, comorbidities and indication for the colonoscopy. The association among colonic polyps, comorbidities and diverticular disease was also measured. Colonic-diverticulosis was found to have a low prevalence among the Saudi population, be predominantly left-sided and associated with adenomatous-polyps. Age, hypertension and rectal bleeding predict the presence of diverticular disease.