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Published in final edited form as: Gynecol Oncol. 2009 May 7;114(2):225–230. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2009.03.015

Table 3.

Personal characteristics of the women by Symptom Index status at Time 1 and Time 2.

Characteristics	Time 1			Time 2
Characteristics	Symptom Index Positive^* (n=10)	Symptom Index Negative (n=113)	p-value^**	Symptom Index Positive^* (n=10)	Symptom Index Negative (n=113)	p-value^**
Age, median (range)	48 (35–65)	51 (32 – 78)	0.42	49 (35–65)	52 (32 – 79)	0.42
Still Menstruating, n (%)	2 (20)	39 (35)	0.72	0 (0)	41 (36)	0.02
Periods have Stopped >3 Months, n (%)	7 (70)	74 (65)	0.72	10 (100)	71 (63)	0.02
Personal History of Breast Cancer, n (%)	4 (40)	37 (33)	0.74	5 (50)	36 (32)	0.27
1 ° Relative with Ovarian Cancer, n (%)	4 (50)	51 (45)	0.98	5 (50)	50 (44)	0.48
BRCAI/II Mutation Carrier, n (%)	2 (20)	15 (13)	0.98	0 (0)	17 (15)	0.47

A woman was considered to have a positive Symptom Index if the frequency of the symptom was > 12 times per month and the duration of the symptom was < 1 year.

^**

p-value obtained by the Rank-sum for continuous variable and the Fisher’s exact for categorical variables.