Association between diverticular disease and subsequent dementia

Abstract

Dahl et al. conducted a retrospective cohort study on the association between diverticular disease (DD) and the risk of dementia using data from Danish registries from 1980 to 2013. The 30-year cumulative incidence of dementia among DD patients and general population comparators was 12.4% and 13.7%, respectively, corresponding to a hazard ratio (HR) of 1.10 (95% CI: 1.1–1.1)...</p