Obesity, but Not Physical Activity, Is Associated With Higher Prevalence of Asymptomatic Diverticulosis

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¹ Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: Chung.Daniel@mgh.harvard.edu.
⁴ Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden. Electronic address: hkhalili@mgh.harvard.edu.

Rouzbeh Mashayekhi et al. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Apr.

. 2018 Apr;16(4):586-587.

doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2017.09.005. Epub 2017 Sep 9.

¹ Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: Chung.Daniel@mgh.harvard.edu.
⁴ Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden. Electronic address: hkhalili@mgh.harvard.edu.

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