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We verified the presence of diverticula, polyps and neoplasm and measured the number of diverticula using a five-point class scale, evaluating the colonic segments involved by the disease and the number of diverticula for each segment. A logistic regression model was used to analyse the relationship between diverticula and the patients\u2019 age, sigmoid colonic diameter and the length of each colonic segments. <\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title><jats:p> The population finally included 467 patients, 177 males and 290 females (average age of 67 \u00b1 12; range 45\u201396). The mean TCL was 169 \u00b1 25\u2009cm (range 115\u2013241\u2009cm). Out of the 467, 323 patients (69%) had at least one analyse. The patients with diverticula had a mean TCL significantly shorter than patients without diverticula (164 \u00b1 22 vs 181 \u00b1 27\u2009cm; p = 0.001). Among the different variables, sigmoid colon length, sigmoid colon diameter and patient\u2019s age were correlated with diverticula (p &lt; 0.01). 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