Metadata

Name Diverticular disease of intestine (acute and chronic) (diverticuli)
Category Digestive
Sex
Adult Yes
UUID 0c23587d-1421-4183-a54c-22adc26bd8d7
Definition An intestinal disease characterized by the formation and inflammation of diverticula within the bowel wall.

Ontologies

Disease Ontology (DOID) DOID_7475
GWAS Catalogue EFO_0009959
MeSH D000076385
SNOMED-CT 397881000
FinnGen K11_DIVERTIC

Key Summary Statistics

Cases from any source

Total 65365
Female (%) 35177 (54%)
Male (%) 30188 (46%)

Year first recorded

diverticuli year of first event

Cases linked in all UK Biobank sources

Cross-source concordance

Vertical bars correspond to number of cases per source/intersection; horizontal bars to left correspond to total number of cases per source.

Cross-sourced diverticuli cases

Incidence & prevalence

Sex and age-stratified incidence and prevalence of diverticuli

Baseline prevalence stratified by sex

Female 363.06 (350.47,375.65)
Male 338.36 (325.1,351.62)

Incidence stratified by sex

Female 76.07 (73.73,78.4)
Male 82.2 (79.55,84.86)

Incidence stratified by age

Ages 40-44 18.45 (15.77,21.13)
Ages 45-49 35.93 (32.7,39.16)
Ages 50-54 54.78 (51.07,58.49)
Ages 55-59 77.58 (73.53,81.63)
Ages 60-64 101.67 (97.63,105.7)
Ages 65-69 135.48 (130.07,140.89)

Period prevalence

Methods

Comparison with general population

Sex-standardised prevalence from CALIBER study (Kuan et al. 2019)

CALIBER and UKB diverticuli prevalence comparison for multiple age groups

Population Ages 40-49 Ages 50-59 Ages 60-69
UK Biobank 200 (187,214) 566 (548,585) 1127 (1105,1149)
CALIBER 149 (146,152) 450 (444,457) 992 (982,

Stratified by age and Townsend deprivation status

Deprivation status Ages 40-49 Ages 50-59 Ages 60-69
Least deprived 174(145,207) 546(506,588) 1014(970,1060)
Low 177(148,211) 562(521,605) 1079(1033,1126)
Medium 209(177,244) 533(493,574) 1075(1028,1123)
High 199(171,231) 583(543,626) 1180(1129,1233)
Most deprived 231(203,262) 609(568,652) 1326(1270,1384)

Stratified by age and country

Country Ages 40-49 Ages 50-59 Ages 60-69
England 198(183,213) 550(530,570) 1090(1066,1115)
Scotland 235(194,282) 680(627,737) 1317(1250,1388)
Wales 172(128,227) 538(477,605) 1214(1133,1299)

Risk factors analysis

‘Healthy’ BMI, smoking status ‘never’, or no hypertension (absence of hypertension records) were considered as reference values.

Hazard Ratio (HR) values with P < 0.0002 were considered to show significant association with disease onset after correction for multiple-testing using the Bonferroni method

N=153646, Events=402

Factor Level Hazard Ratio P value
BMI overweight 1.07 (0.82, 1.39) 0.637
BMI obese 2.13 (1.65, 2.77) 1.06e-08
BMI underweight 0 (0, Inf) 0.986
smoking previous 1.48 (1.19, 1.85) 0.000498
smoking current 2.47 (1.87, 3.26) 1.43e-10
hypertension yes 2.21 (1.8, 2.72) 5.76e-14

Risk factors analysis forest plot

Definition

UK Biobank field id Description Code Value
20002 Non-cancer illness code, self-reported 1458 diverticular disease/diverticulitis
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 K38.2 Diverticulum of appendix
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 K57 Diverticular disease of intestine
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 K38.2 Diverticulum of appendix
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 K57 Diverticular disease of intestine
41200 Operative procedures - main OPCS4 H12.1 Excision of diverticulum of colon
41210 Operative procedures - secondary OPCS4 H12.1 H12.1
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 K38.2 Diverticulum of appendix
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 K57 Diverticular disease of intestine
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 K38.2 Diverticulum of appendix
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 K57 Diverticular disease of intestine
42040 GP clinical event records 7718000.0 Excision of diverticulum of colon
42040 GP clinical event records J23z300 Appendicular diverticulum
42040 GP clinical event records J510000 Diverticulosis of the duodenum
42040 GP clinical event records J510100 Diverticulosis of the jejunum
42040 GP clinical event records J510200 Diverticulosis of the ileum
42040 GP clinical event records J510300 Diverticulosis of the small intestine unspecified
42040 GP clinical event records J510400 Diverticulosis of the small intestine NOS
42040 GP clinical event records J510500 Diverticulosis of the colon
42040 GP clinical event records J510600 Diverticulosis of the large intestine unspecified
42040 GP clinical event records J510700 Diverticulosis of the large intestine NOS
42040 GP clinical event records J510800 Divertic dis/both sml+lge intestin without perfor or abscess
42040 GP clinical event records J510900 Bleeding diverticulosis
42040 GP clinical event records J510.00 Diverticulosis
42040 GP clinical event records J510y00 Diverticulosis unspecified
42040 GP clinical event records J510z00 Diverticulosis NOS
42040 GP clinical event records J511000 Diverticulitis of the duodenum
42040 GP clinical event records J511100 Diverticulitis of the jejunum
42040 GP clinical event records J511200 Diverticulitis of the ileum
42040 GP clinical event records J511300 Diverticulitis of the small intestine unspecified
42040 GP clinical event records J511400 Diverticulitis of the small intestine NOS
42040 GP clinical event records J511500 Diverticulitis of the colon
42040 GP clinical event records J511600 Diverticulitis of the large intestine unspecified
42040 GP clinical event records J511700 Diverticulitis of the large intestine NOS
42040 GP clinical event records J511.00 Diverticulitis
42040 GP clinical event records J511y00 Diverticulitis unspecified
42040 GP clinical event records J511z00 Diverticulitis NOS
42040 GP clinical event records J512000 Perforated diverticulum of duodenum
42040 GP clinical event records J512100 Perforated diverticulum of jejunum
42040 GP clinical event records J512200 Perforated diverticulum of ileum
42040 GP clinical event records J512300 Perforated diverticulum of small intestine unspecified
42040 GP clinical event records J512400 Perforated diverticulum of small intestine NOS
42040 GP clinical event records J512500 Perforated diverticulum of colon
42040 GP clinical event records J512600 Perforated diverticulum of large intestine unspecified
42040 GP clinical event records J512700 Perforated diverticulum of large intestine NOS
42040 GP clinical event records J512800 Divertic disease/both sml+lge intestin with perforat+abscess
42040 GP clinical event records J512.00 Perforated diverticulum
42040 GP clinical event records J512y00 Perforated diverticulum unspecified
42040 GP clinical event records J512z00 Perforated diverticulum of intestine NOS
42040 GP clinical event records J513.00 Diverticular abscess
42040 GP clinical event records J51..00 Diverticula of intestine
42040 GP clinical event records J51..11 Diverticular disease
42040 GP clinical event records J51z.00 Diverticula of the intestine NOS
42040 GP clinical event records XaB8Z Diverticulitis