The association of hemorrhoids with the incidence of heart failure: a nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies evaluating the association between hemorrhoids and heart failure (HF) have been limited. We aimed to evaluate the association between increased incidence of HF and the presence of hemorrhoids using a population-based longitudinal cohort.

Methods

We included 356,033 participants in this study, derived from health screening data collected between 2003 and 2007 from the South Korean health screening cohort database. Hemorrhoid presence was identified as having a minimum of two claims based on the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code I84. Propensity score matching (PSM) was used to assign participants to two groups according to the presence and treatment of hemorrhoids. The primary outcome was the incidence of HF, defined as h

SUBMITTER: Woo HG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12106119 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature