Population-Based Incidence of Complicated Diverticular Disease of the Sigmoid Colon Based on Gender and Age

Abstract

Female patients present, on average, five years later than male with complications requiring surgery. Overall, men have a higher incidence of bleeding (P = 0.015), whereas women present more often with stricture and obstruction (P = 0.02). Young males present more with fistula (P = 0.03), whereas older males present with bleeding (P = 0.001). Young females present with perforation (P = 0.002), and older females present with chronic diverticulitis (P = 0.04) and stricture (P = 0.04).