Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 1 , Pages 115-122.e1 , January 2009

Obesity Increases the Risks of Diverticulitis and Diverticular Bleeding

  • Lisa L. Strate

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Lisa L. Strate, MD, MPH, Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359773, Seattle, Washington 98104. fax: (206) 744-8698
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  • Yan L. Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Walid H. Aldoori

      Affiliations

    • Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, Inc, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Sapna Syngal

      Affiliations

    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Division of Population Sciences, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Edward L. Giovannucci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 15 February 2008 ,Accepted 18 September 2008.

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 The authors disclose the following: Supported by grants from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (K08 HS14062 to L.L.S.), the National Cancer Institute (PO1CA055075 to E.L.G. and K24 CA113433 to S.S.), and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01 HL035464 to E.L.G.). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Cancer Institute, the National Institutes of Health, or the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The funding sources had no role in the design, conduct, or reporting of this study.

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doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.09.025

Gastroenterology
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