Alcohol and smoking affect risk of uncomplicated colonic diverticulosis in Japan.

Colonic diverticula are located predominantly on the right side in Asia and on the left side in Europe and the United States. Factors associated with uncomplicated colonic diverticulosis and its distribution pattern have been unknown. Our aims are to investigate the prevalence and risk factors for u...

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Main Authors: Naoyoshi Nagata, Ryota Niikura, Takuro Shimbo, Yoshihiro Kishida, Katsunori Sekine, Shohei Tanaka, Tomonori Aoki, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Junichi Akiyama, Mikio Yanase, Toshiyuki Itoh, Masashi Mizokami, Naomi Uemura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24339905/?tool=EBI