Table 3. Factors associated with hemorrhoids among the general population in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

DM, diabetes mellitus

^*P < 0.05 (significant).

^$Exact probability test.

Factors	Total		Have you ever been diagnosed with hemorrhoids?				P-value
			Yes		No
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Do you have a family history of hemorrhoidal disease?							.004*
Yes	219	54.8%	47	21.5%	172	78.5%
No	83	20.8%	9	10.8%	74	89.2%
I don't know	98	24.5%	8	8.2%	90	91.8%
History of pregnancy, for females							.001*,$
Yes	87	25.7%	34	39.1%	53	60.9%
No	251	74.3%	19	7.6%	232	92.4%
Smoking							.476$
Yes	55	13.8%	7	12.7%	48	87.3%
No	345	86.3%	57	16.5%	288	83.5%
Physical activity							.164
Low	176	44.0%	28	15.9%	148	84.1%
Average	191	47.8%	27	14.1%	164	85.9%
Athletic	33	8.3%	9	27.3%	24	72.7%
Types of daily food intake							.002*
Low-fiber diet	141	35.3%	35	24.8%	106	75.2%
Low-protein diet	56	14.0%	4	7.1%	52	92.9%
Low-carbohydrate diet	28	7.0%	1	3.6%	27	96.4%
Balanced diet that contains all nutrition	175	43.8%	24	13.7%	151	86.3%
Standing during the day							.829
My work requires me to stand	103	25.8%	18	17.5%	85	82.5%
I move and stand for daily tasks only	219	54.8%	35	16.0%	184	84.0%
I don’t stand much	78	19.5%	11	14.1%	67	85.9%
Chronic diseases							.001*,$
Hypertension	23	5.8%	9	39.1%	14	60.9%
Depression	34	8.5%	5	14.7%	29	85.3%
Chronic constipation	45	11.3%	14	31.1%	31	68.9%
Hematological disease	4	1.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%
Varicose veins	10	2.5%	6	60.0%	4	40.0%
DM	22	5.5%	7	31.8%	15	68.2%
Asthma	25	6.3%	6	24.0%	19	76.0%
Allergy	51	12.8%	12	23.5%	39	76.5%
Crohn’s disease	2	.5%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%
Psoriasis	7	1.8%	3	42.9%	4	57.1%
None of these	245	61.3%	24	9.8%	221	90.2%