The relationship between the incidence of sigmoid colon diverticula and morphometric parameters of the body in individuals of different age groups according to diagnostic colonoscopy data

The aim of the study was to investigate the possible relationship between the occurrence of sigmoid colon diverticula and morphometric parameters of the body in middle-aged, elderly and old people. Material and methods. The data of 569 diagnostic colonoscopies performed with Fujifilm video colonoscopes and morphometric parameters of the body calculated according to the method of V.N. Shevkunenko on the basis of the relative height index of the trunk were used in the study. Non-parametric criteria were used for statistical analysis, as well as the regression probit model. Results and their discussion. It has been established that the frequency of diverticulosis incidence enhances at the ‘age distance’; along with the increase in the number of diverticulosis cases, there is a tendency of growth of this pathology in the groups of brachymorphic and dolichomorphic body types. A decrease in the proportion of detected diverticula in the senile age group (11.36 %) compared to the group of patients with mesomorphic type of physique in the middle age group (21.88 %) was found. An increase in the number of patients with colonic diverticula on the ‘age distance’ in the group of patients with dolichomorphic type of physique from 34.38 % in the middle age group to 50.00 % in the old age group was determined. Conclusions. The obtained data allow optimizing the diagnostic process. Knowing the patient’s body type and age group, a doctor can timely prescribe a set of diagnostic methods to detect colonic diverticula. This is especially important for timely diagnosis of asymptomatic diverticulosis.