Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of investigated population.

Population enrolled with HD	Total (n = 199)	Group A (n = 73)	Group B (n = 66)	Group C (n = 60)
Subacute and chronic symptomatology grades II-III-IV HD (n = 130)	Total (n = 130) (65.3%)	Group A (n = 45)	Group B (n = 46)	Group C (n = 39)
Sex (male)	73 (56.2%)	34 (75.6%)	21 (45.7%)	18 (46.2%)
Age (years)	51.0 ± 14.1	49.3 ± 13.0	48.8 ± 14.5	55.6 ± 14.1
Grade II	11 (8.5%)	5 (11.1%)	3 (6.5%)	3 (7.7%)
Grade III	59 (45.4%)	22 (48.9%)	19 (41.3%)	18 (46.2%)
Grade IV	60 (46.2%)	18 (40.0%)	24 (52.2%)	18 (46.2%)
bleeding	136 (68.3%)	50 (68.5%)	45 (68.2%)	41 (68.3%)
irritation	184 (92.5%)	68 (93.2%)	62 (93.9%)	54 (90.0%)
Bleeding grade III-IV hemorrhoids underwent hemorrhoidectomy (n = 31)	Total (n = 31) (15.6%)	Group A (n = 10)	Group B (n = 9)	Group C (n = 12)
Sex (male)	27 (87.1%)	7 (70.0%)	8 (88.9%)	12 (100.0%)
Age (years)	49.7 ± 11.5	47.6 ± 11.8	50.6 ± 13.2	50.7 ± 10.5
bleeding	26 (83.9%)	8 (80.0%)	6 (66.7%)	12 (100.0%)
pain	30 (96.8%)	9 (90.0%)	9 (100.0%)	12 (100.0%)
Bleeding grade II hemorrhoid patients underwent rubber band ligation (n = 4)	Total (n = 4) (2.0%)	Group A (n = 1)	Group B (n = 2)	Group C (n = 1)
Sex (male)	4 (100.0%)	1 (100.0%)	2 (100.0%)	1 (100.0%)
Age (years)	51.7 ± 11.9	52.0	43.5 ± 4.9	68.0
bleeding	4 (100.0%)	1 (100.0%)	2 (100.0%)	1 (100.0%)
pain	4 (100.0%)	1 (100.0%)	2 (100.0%)	1 (100.0%)
Hemorrhoidal Thrombosis underwent incision and drainage procedure (n = 34)	Total (n = 34) (17.1%)	Group A (n = 17)	Group B (n = 9)	Group C (n = 8)
Sex (male)	19 (55.9%)	9 (52.9%)	4 (44.4%)	6 (75.0%)
Age (years)	46.0 ± 12.5	46.4 ± 10.4	49.4 ± 14.5	41.4 ± 14.6
bleeding	15 (44.1%)	7 (41.2%)	4 (44.4%)	4 (50.0%)
pain	31 (91.2%)	17 (100.0%)	7 (77.8%)	8 (87.5%)