Association of hemorrhoidal disease with dementia risk: a nationwide cohort study
This study revealed a significantly higher incidence of all-cause dementia among participants with hemorrhoidal disease, suggesting that while hemorrhoidal disease may not directly cause dementia, it may serve as a marker of an underlying systemic condition that increases dementia risk.
Authors
- Ho Geol Woo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6489-0100)
- Hyejin Chun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6241-5453)
- Moo‐Seok Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2779-095X)
- Tae‐Jin Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9937-762X)
- Juyoung Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6737-3109)
Institutions
- Ewha Womans University (KR)
- Kyung Hee University (KR)
- Yeungnam University (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Neurology
- Published
- 2025-10-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2025.1655944
- Primary Topic
- Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Research Foundation
- Korea Health Industry Development Institute
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Ministry of Education, India
- Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea
- Institute for Information and Communications Technology Promotion