Publication Name	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Manuscript ID	2919
Country	Saudi Arabia

Received	2013-03-25 08:59
Peer-Review Started	2013-03-27 14:00
To Make the First Decision	2013-05-02 09:03
Return for Revision	2013-05-17 15:32
Revised	2013-06-11 07:45
Second Decision	2013-07-11 08:21
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2013-07-11 13:06
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Autobiography
Article Title	Prevalence and clinical features of colonic diverticulosis in a Middle Eastern population
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Nahla Azzam, Abdulrahman M Aljebreen, Othman Alharbi and Majid A Almadi
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number King Saud University for its funding of this research through the Research Group Project RGP-VPP-279
Corresponding Author	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
Key Words	Colonic diverticulosis; Diverticular disease; Saudi Arabia; Prevalence; Lower gastrointestinal bleeding; Epidemiology
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.
Publish Date	2013-08-13 11:51
Citation	Azzam N, Aljebreen AM, Alharbi O, Almadi MA. Prevalence and clinical features of colonic diverticulosis in a Middle Eastern population. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2013; 5(8): 391-397
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5190/full/v5/i8/391.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v5.i8.391

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