Table 2. Distribution of study participants’ hemorrhoid frequency by their demographic data.
SR, Saudi riyal
*P < 0.05 (significant).
$Exact probability test.
| Sociodemographic data | Total | Have you ever been diagnosed with hemorrhoids? | P-value | ||||
| Yes | No | ||||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
| Age in years | .001* | ||||||
| <20 | 47 | 11.8% | 2 | 4.3% | 45 | 95.7% | |
| 20–30 | 233 | 58.3% | 18 | 7.7% | 215 | 92.3% | |
| 30–40 | 45 | 11.3% | 9 | 20.0% | 36 | 80.0% | |
| 40–50 | 50 | 12.5% | 22 | 44.0% | 28 | 56.0% | |
| >50 | 25 | 6.3% | 13 | 52.0% | 12 | 48.0% | |
| Gender | .684 | ||||||
| Male | 62 | 15.5% | 11 | 17.7% | 51 | 82.3% | |
| Female | 338 | 84.5% | 53 | 15.7% | 285 | 84.3% | |
| Nationality | .357$ | ||||||
| Saudi | 386 | 96.5% | 63 | 16.3% | 323 | 83.7% | |
| Non-Saudi | 14 | 3.5% | 1 | 7.1% | 13 | 92.9% | |
| Marital status | .001* | ||||||
| Single | 274 | 68.5% | 20 | 7.3% | 254 | 92.7% | |
| Married | 114 | 28.5% | 41 | 36.0% | 73 | 64.0% | |
| Divorced/widow | 12 | 3.0% | 3 | 25.0% | 9 | 75.0% | |
| Body mass index | .007* | ||||||
| Underweight | 43 | 10.8% | 3 | 7.0% | 40 | 93.0% | |
| Normal weight | 210 | 52.5% | 26 | 12.4% | 184 | 87.6% | |
| Overweight | 106 | 26.5% | 27 | 25.5% | 79 | 74.5% | |
| Obese | 41 | 10.3% | 8 | 19.5% | 33 | 80.5% | |
| Educational level | .211 | ||||||
| High school/below | 72 | 18.0% | 8 | 11.1% | 64 | 88.9% | |
| University level/above | 328 | 82.0% | 56 | 17.1% | 272 | 82.9% | |
| Monthly income | .843 | ||||||
| <3000 SR | 48 | 12.0% | 9 | 18.8% | 39 | 81.3% | |
| 3000–10,000 SR | 132 | 33.0% | 20 | 15.2% | 112 | 84.8% | |
| >10,000 SR | 220 | 55.0% | 35 | 15.9% | 185 | 84.1% | |