title: Haemorrhage--the main presenting feature of diverticular disease of the colon in blacks.
abstract: Haemorrhage is one of the less common presentations of diverticular disease. This retrospective 5-year study of 23 patients has identified it as the main presentation (74%) among South African blacks in whom the disease is uncommon, but emerging as a clinical problem. Women constituted a statistically significant majority of patients with bleeding (76%); this was in excess of their overall proportion among patients with diverticular disease (61%) (P = 0.018).
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Natal, Durban.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mokoena
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Madiba
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044383:Black People; D004241:Diverticulum, Colon / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013019:South Africa