TY - JOUR T1 - Diet and other factors in the aetiology of diverticulosis: an epidemiological study in Greece. JF - Gut JO - Gut SP - 544 LP - 549 DO - 10.1136/gut.26.6.544 VL - 26 IS - 6 AU - O Manousos AU - N E Day AU - A Tzonou AU - C Papadimitriou AU - A Kapetanakis AU - A Polychronopoulou-Trichopoulou AU - D Trichopoulos Y1 - 1985/06/01 UR - http://gut.bmj.com/content/26/6/544.abstract N2 - A case control study exploring the role of diet and other biosocial factors in the aetiology of diverticulosis was undertaken in Athens, Greece, in 1981-1982. One hundred consecutive cases with radiologically confirmed diverticulosis and 110 control patients with fractures or other orthopaedic disorders were submitted to a structured interview, including frequency of consumption of about 80 food items. The main positive findings were, (i) the cases reported significantly less frequent consumption of vegetables, brown bread and, to a lesser extent, potatoes and fruits, and (ii) the cases reported significantly more frequent consumption of meat and, to a lesser extent, milk, and milk products. The difference in risk between those people who frequently consume vegetables but rarely consume meat, and those who rarely consume vegetables and frequently consume meat, was almost 50-fold. ER -