Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of study participants in this study.
| Characteristics | Anal fistula | P | Anorectal abscesses | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (n = 948) | Yes (n = 275) | No (n = 1,039) | Yes (n = 184) | |||
| Age, years | 34.55 (29.5, 42.8) | 34.4 (29, 42.3) | 0.776 | 34.7 (29.5, 42.8) | 34.4 (28.4, 42.2) | 0.284 |
| Gender | <0.001 | 0.005 | ||||
| Male | 760 (80.2%) | 258 (93.8%) | 844 (81.2%) | 174 (94.6%) | ||
| Female | 188 (19.8%) | 17 (6.2%) | 195 (18.8%) | 10 (5.4%) | ||
| Marital status | 0.938 | 0.656 | ||||
| Married | 593 (62.6%) | 177 (64.4%) | 651 (62.7%) | 119 (64.7%) | ||
| Unmarried | 338 (35.7%) | 94 (34.2%) | 370 (35.6%) | 62 (33.7%) | ||
| Widowed | 12 (1.3%) | 3 (1.1%) | 12 (1.2%) | 3 (1.6%) | ||
| Divorced | 5 (0.5%) | 1 (0.4%) | 6 (0.6%) | 0 (0%) | ||
| Job | 0.489 | 0.005 | ||||
| Student | 21 (2.2%) | 9 (3.3%) | 25 (2.4%) | 5 (2.7%) | ||
| On-the-job | 334 (35.2%) | 98 (35.6%) | 386 (37.2%) | 46 (25%) | ||
| Retired | 26 (2.7%) | 4.0 (1.5%) | 28 (2.7%) | 2 (1.1%) | ||
| Other | 567 (59.8%) | 164 (59.6%) | 600 (57.7%) | 131 (71.2%) | ||
| Drinking | 0.579 | 0.152 | ||||
| Yes | 218 (23.0%) | 59 (21.5%) | 228 (22%) | 49 (26.8%) | ||
| No | 728 (77.0%) | 216 (78.5%) | 810 (78%) | 134 (73.2%) | ||
| Smoking | <0.001 | 0.737 | ||||
| Yes | 51 (6.8%) | 25 (15.6%) | 67 (8.2%) | 9 (9.2%) | ||
| No | 704 (93.2%) | 135 (84.4%) | 750 (91.8%) | 89 (90.8%) | ||
| Education | 0.363 | 0.094 | ||||
| Junior secondary and below | 71 (7.5%) | 18 (6.5%) | 75 (7.2%) | 14 (7.6%) | ||
| High school/secondary | 256 (27.0%) | 80 (29.1%) | 299 (28.8%) | 37 (20.1%) | ||
| College/university | 523 (55.2%) | 140 (50.9%) | 555 (53.4%) | 108 (58.7%) | ||
| Postgraduates and above | 98 (10.3%) | 37 (13.5%) | 110 (10.6%) | 25 (13.6%) | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23.89 (21.93, 25.55) | 24.77 (22.86, 26.89) | <0.001 | 24.00 (21.97, 25.93) | 24.49 (22.62, 26.23) | 0.005 |
| Sedentary | 0.118 | 0.664 | ||||
| Yes | 553 (58.4%) | 146 (53.1%) | 597 (57.5%) | 102 (55.7%) | ||
| No | 394 (41.6%) | 129 (46.9%) | 442 (42.5%) | 81 (44.3%) | ||
| Spicy and greasy | 0.982 | 0.035 | ||||
| Yes | 333 (35.2%) | 97 (35.3%) | 353 (34.0%) | 77 (42.1%) | ||
| No | 613 (64.8%) | 178 (64.7%) | 685 (66.0%) | 106 (57.9%) | ||
| Other diseases | 0.946 | 0.177 | ||||
| None | 817 (86.2%) | 239 (86.9%) | 890 (85.7%) | 166 (90.2%) | ||
| Gastrointestinal diseases | 123 (12.0%) | 34 (12.4%) | 141 (13.6%) | 16 (8.7%) | ||
| Non-gastrointestinal diseases | 8 (0.8%) | 2 (0.7%) | 8 (0.8%) | 2 (1.1%) | ||
BMI, body mass index.