Correlation between Complicated Diverticulitis and Visceral Fatopen access
- Authors
- Jeong, Jong Heon; Lee, Hang Lak; Kim, Jin Ok; Tae, Hye Jin; Jung, Suk Hyun; Lee, Kang Nyeong; Jun, Dae Won; Lee, Oh Young; Yoon, Byung Chul; Choi, Ho Soon; Hahm, Joon Soo; Song, Soon Young
- Issue Date
- Oct-2011
- Publisher
- KOREAN ACAD MEDICAL SCIENCES
- Keywords
- Diverticulitis; Complications; Obesity; Visceral Obesity
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE, v.26, no.10, pp.1339 - 1343
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE
- Volume
- 26
- Number
- 10
- Start Page
- 1339
- End Page
- 1343
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/167490
- DOI
- 10.3346/jkms.2011.26.10.1339
- ISSN
- 1011-8934
- Abstract
- The aim of this study was to examine the relationship of complications related to diverticulitis and visceral obesity. The study was based on a retrospective case note review conducted at the Hanyang University Hospital. Patients were diagnosed with diverticulitis based on clinical symptoms and abdominal computed tomography (CT) findings and divided into two groups: those admitted with complicated diverticulitis and those with a simple diverticulitis episode. We compared the body mass index (BMI) and degree of visceral obesity, measured by abdominal CT. The study included 140 patients, 87 (62.1%) were simple diverticulitis and 53 (37.9%) were complicated diverticulitis. In the complicated diverticulitis group, 9 (6.4%) cases were recurrent, 29 (20.7%) were perforation or abscess patients, and 28 (20%) were patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). Of the SIRS patients, 13 were involved in other complication groups. When comparing in the two groups, the complicated diverticulitis group had a significantly higher visceral fat area (128.57 cm(2) vs 102.80 cm(2), P = 0.032) and a higher ratio of visceral fat area/subcutaneous fat area (0.997 vs 0.799, P = 0.014). Visceral obesity is significantly associated with complications of diverticulitis.
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