Epidemiological trends and geographic variation in hospital admissions for diverticulitis in the United States

作     者：Geoffrey C Nguyen Justina Sam Nitasha Anand 

作者机构：Mount Sinai Hospital Division of GastroenterologyUniversity of Toronto Faculty of MedicineTorontoOntario M5G 1X5Canada Division of Gastroenterology and HepatologyJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD 21205United States 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2011年第17卷第12期

页      面：1600-1605页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Supported by An AGA Research Scholar Award to Nguyen GC 

主　　题：Diverticulitis Geographic variation Hospitalization Young adults 

摘      要：AIM:To characterize the increasing incidence and geographic variation of acute ***:Using the nationwide inpatient sample (NIS) we identified a cohort who had been admitted with diverticulitis between 1998 and *** calculated age-,sex-,and region-specific rates of hospitalizations for diverticulitis over ***:The age-adjusted hospitalization rate for diverticulitis increased from 61.8 per 100000 to 75.5 per 100 000 between 1998 and 2005,and increased similarly in both ***-associated admissions were male-predominant in those younger than age 45 years but were female-predominant *** rates increased the most among those45 years,while remaining unchanged for those≥65 *** 2005,the majority of hospitalized patients were65 ***-adjusted rates of diverticulitis-associated hospitalizations were lower in the West(50.4/100000) compared to the Northeast(77.7/100000),South (73.9/100000),and Midwest(71.0/100000).CONCLUSION:Diverticulitis-associated hospitalizations have steeply risen,especially in young *** epidemiological trends vary by geographic region and warrant further investigation into potential dietary and environmental etiologies.