Table 2.

Time trend of variables by group.

Variable	Time, mo.	Control (n=19)			Treatment (n=43)
		No.	Mean	SD	No.	Mean	SD
Health-related quality of life (USF-QOL)	0 (baseline)	19	40.79	24.11	43	39.77	20.46
	1	19	52.42	26.62	20	64.40	22.40
	3	17	57.00	28.79	39	85.46	13.88
	6	17	57.47	27.99	35	88.86	13.27
Pain (MPQ Scale)	0 (baseline)	19	49.34	28.15	43	44.42	26.83
	1	19	45.39	25.53	20	34.13	22.76
	3	17	51.32	26.68	39	17.69	19.73
	6	17	42.50	24.57	35	15.71	20.83
Uterine volume (mL by US)	0 (baseline)	19	450.63	242.08	43	639.99	532.48
	1	19	507.60	285.11	20	673.71	633.21
	3	18	496.37	284.05	40	539.74	528.00
	6	17	530.31	294.36	35	527.05	597.57
Blood loss index	0 (baseline)	19	21.47	7.46	43	25.88	12.49
	1	19	20.21	12.80	41	16.12	13.10
	2	19	15.74	8.15	41	3.56	8.45
	3	17	18.65	11.43	38	2.21	5.34
	4	17	23.47	12.95	37	3.78	6.85
	5	17	24.29	11.79	37	4.84	9.00
	6	17	16.12	6.37	37	7.85	14.19
Hemoglobin	0 (baseline)	19	12.29	1.31	43	11.89	1.42
	1	19	11.94	1.51	20	12.59	1.36
	3	18	11.95	1.67	40	13.13	1.25
	6	17	11.60	2.17	35	13.34	1.12

Abbreviations: USF-QOL, uterine fibroid symptoms quality of life; MPQ, McGill pain questionnaire; US, ultrasound.