Socio-demographic factors and lifestyle associated with symptomatic hemorrhoids: Big data analysis using the National Health insurance Service-National Health screening cohort (NHIS-HEALS) database in Koreaopen access
- Authors
- Hong, Jineui; Kim, Inah; Song, Jaechul; Ahn, Byung Kyu
- Issue Date
- Jan-2022
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SINGAPORE PTE LTD
- Keywords
- Hemorrhoids; Incidence density; Lifestyle behaviors; Risk factors; Socio-demographic characteristics
- Citation
- ASIAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY, v.45, no.1, pp.353 - 359
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- ASIAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY
- Volume
- 45
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 353
- End Page
- 359
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/138321
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.asjsur.2021.06.020
- ISSN
- 1015-9584
- Abstract
- Objective
The prevalence of hemorrhoids has been reported to be 7–14%. However, there have been no large-scale studies. This study aims to investigate the incidence of hemorrhoids in Korea by analyzing big data and to find the associated risk factors.
Methods
This was a retrospective analysis using the Health Insurance Cohort database of the National Health Insurance Corporation of Korea in 2002–2015. The study was divided into two models: the diagnostic (DM) and surgical model (SM). Socio-demographic and lifestyle behavioral characteristics were analyzed as risk factors.
Results
Overall, 467,567 participants were included. The incidence density of hemorrhoids was 13.9 and 5.7 per 1000 person-years in the DM and SM, respectively. Hemorrhoids occurred more frequently in men and metropolitan areas in both models. The incidence was highest in the 40s. The incidence rates were highest in the high income, smoking, alcohol and the exercise group of 1–4 times a week in both models. The adjusted hazard ratio (HR) was higher in men and decreased with increasing age. It was higher in the metropolitan area. The high-income level and alcohol consumption were risk factors in the DM and SM, respectively. The HR of the exercise group was higher than that of the non-exercise group in both models.
Conclusions
The diagnostic and surgical incidence density was 13.9 and 5.7 per 1000 person-years, respectively. Hemorrhoids occurred most frequently in men in their 40s. The metropolitan area, high income level and alcohol consumption were associated with an increased frequency of hemorrhoids.
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