• The First Peoples Hospital of Chengdu City, Chengdu 610016, Sichuan Province, China;
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Objective To analyse the prevalence of hemorrhoids in 1 795 regular healthcheck adults in our hospital, and to investigate the etiologic features and preventive measures. MethodsThe anal examination data of 1 795 regular healthcheck adults werer reviewed and analysed mainly on the clinical features of hemorrhoids. Results All of these adults had long-sitting jobs and did less exercises. The prevalence of hemorrhoids was about 67.02% (1 203/1 795), of which mixed type was predominant (53.37%, 958/1 795) and constituent ratio was 79.63% (958/1 203), P lt;0.05. The prevalence of hemorrhoids increased with age, especially in adults more than 60 years of age ( gt;70%). The females under 30 years of age suffered from hemorrhoids more than the couterpart males 〔61.11% (44/72) vs. 22.50% (9/40)〕, P lt;0.05. There was no significant difference of hemorrhoids in gender whose age was above 30 years (P>0.05). Conclusions Hemorrhoids, especially mixed types, are prevalent among the people who has a long-sitting and less sports lifestyle. More active preventive measures shall be taken in this group of people.

Citation: XU Hong,HUANG Weiguo,GUO Chun.. Analysis of Hemorrhoids Prevalence in 1 795 Cases of Medical Examination. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2011, 18(8): 884-886. doi: Copy