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Higher Serum Levels of Vitamin D Are Associated With a Reduced Risk of Diverticulitis

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Higher prediagnostic levels of 25(OH)D are associated significantly with a lower risk of diverticulitis, indicating that vitamin D deficiency could be involved in the pathogenesis of diverticsulitis.
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This article is published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.The article was published on 2013-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 49 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Diverticulosis & vitamin D deficiency.

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Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Treatment of Diverticulitis

TL;DR: Elective surgical resection is no longer recommended solely based on number of recurrent events or young patient age and might not be necessary for some patients with diverticulitis complicated by abscess, and randomized trials of hemodynamically stable patients who require urgent surgery provide evidence to support primary anastomosis vs sigmoid colectomy with end colostomy.
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Diverticular Disease: An Update on Pathogenesis and Management

TL;DR: Paradigms shifts in several areas of the pathogenesis and management of diverticular disease are explored in this review.
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Genome-wide association analyses identify 39 new susceptibility loci for diverticular disease.

TL;DR: Genome-wide analyses identify 42 risk loci for diverticular disease and show that genes in associated regions are enriched for expression in connective tissue cell types and are coexpressed with genes involved in vascular and mesenchymal biology.
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Acute Colonic Diverticulitis

TL;DR: The prevalence of diverticulitis in the United States has increased dramatically over the past several decades and is estimated to be 180 cases per 100000 persons per year; however, it is increasingly being seen in younger persons.
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Seasonal Variation in Emergency General Surgery.

TL;DR: Hospitalization due to EGS adheres to a consistent cyclical pattern, with more admissions occurring during the Summer months, and this information may be useful for hospital resource reallocation and staffing.
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Higher Predicted Vitamin D Status Is Associated With Reduced Risk of Crohn's Disease

TL;DR: Higher predicted plasma levels of 25(OH)D significantly reduce the risk for incident CD and nonsignificant reduction in UC in women, and there was a significant inverse association between dietary and supplemental vitamin D and UC.
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Obesity Increases the Risks of Diverticulitis and Diverticular Bleeding

TL;DR: In this large prospective cohort study of 47,228 male health professionals, BMI, waist circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio significantly increased the risks of diverticulitis and diverticular bleeding.
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