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Antibiotic treatment for acute uncomplicated diverticulitis neither accelerates recovery nor prevents complications or recurrence. It should be reserved for the treatment of complicated diverticulitis.

Our results indicate that antibiotics are not mandatory in mild AD. Treatment without antibiotics appears to be safe and seems not to change the rate of further events. These results warrant further randomized prospective studies.

Overweight, obesity, and physical inactivity among women increase diverticular disease requiring hospitalization.

Smoking is associated with symptomatic diverticular disease.