Demographic determinants of risk, colon distribution and density scores of diverticular disease

Table 3 Odds of having a higher density score in relation to disease subtype and demographic parameters

Diverticula density scores	Predictors	Univariate analysis		Adjusted analysis - Final model
		OR (SE) (95% CI)	P value	OR (SE) (95% CI)	P value
Higher vs lower	Disease type: RSCDD vs LSDD	1.91 (0.41) (1.25, 2.91)	0.003	2.77 (0.67) (1.39, 3.32)	0.001
	Asian (vs white)	0.59 (0.32) (0.21, 1.70)	0.33	0.47(0.27) (0.16, 1.43)	0.18
	OB (vs white)	0.57 (0.22) (0.27, 1.22)	0.15	0.41(0.17) (0.18, 0.92)	0.03
	BA (vs white)	0.43 (0.22) (0.16, 1.18)	0.1	0.30(0.17) (0.10, 0.88)	0.03
	Sex (F vs M)	0.98 (0.19) (0.67, 1.45)	0.92	-	-
	Age (proportional odds)	1.032 (0.01) (1.01, 1.05)	0.002	1.04 (0.01) (1.01, 1.06)	< 0.001
	Post-estimation
	BA (vs Asian)	0.72 (0.52) (0.17, 3.02)	0.66	0.73(0.47) (0.21, 2.60)	0.63
	BA (vs OB)	0.96 (0.62) (0.27, 3.40)	0.95	0.64 (0.48) (0.15, 2.79)	0.55
	OB (vs Asian)	0.75 (0.47) (0.22, 2.56)	0.65	0.87(0.58) (0.24, 3.21)	0.84

OR: Odds ratio; OB: Other black; BA: Black african; RSCDD: Right-sided component diverticular disease; LSDD: Left-sided diverticular disease.