Type 2 diabetes and risk of diverticular disease: a Danish cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the association between type 2 diabetes and risk of diverticular disease. Unlike previous studies, which have found conflicting results, we aimed to distinguish between diabetes types and adjust for modifiable risk factors.

Design

Observational cohort study.

Setting

Population-based Danish medical databases, covering the period 2005-2018.

Participants

Respondents of the 2010 or the 2013 Danish National Health Survey, of which there were 15 047 patients with type 2 diabetes and 210 606 patients without diabetes.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Hazard ratios (HRs) for incident hospital diagnosis of diverticular disease adjusted for survey year, sex, age, body mass index (BMI), physical activity intensity, smoking behaviour,

SUBMITTER: Wittstrom F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8862453 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature