Clinical Study of Diverticular Disease of the Colon. Comparison between Japanese and Korean Residents of Japan.

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The subjects were 1, 339 patients examined by barium enema in our hospital since 1985 through December 1989. They included 923 Japanese and 416 Korean residents of Japan.Diverticular disease of the colon was found in 21.2 % of the Japanese (23.4 % of the males and 17.1 % of the females) and in 15.1 % of the Koreans (19.6 % of the males and 7.7 % of the females).<BR>The extent of the disease showed as the right side in 74.0 %, left side in 10.2 % and both sides in 15.8 % of the Japanese, and the right side in 81.0 % left side in 12.7 % and both sides in 6.3 % of the Korean residents of Japan.<BR>The incidence of the disease was lower in Korean residents of Japan than in the Japanese. the locations, however, showed the same tendencies.
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