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Published in final edited form as: Fertil Steril. 2009 Jul 30;94(4):1223–1228. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.06.049

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of the cohort (n = 228).

	Adenomyosis group (n = 76)		Leiomyoma group (n = 152)
	Mean ± SD	Median	Mean ± SD	Median	P value
Age (y)	41.0 ±6.4	41.0	44.4 ± 4.8	44.0	<.001^a
BMI (kg/m²)	29.4 ± 7.0	28.4	29.3 ± 5.8	28.1	NS^a
Gravidity	2.7 ± 2.2	2.0	2.4 ± 1.8	2.0	NS^b
Parity	1.9 ± 1.4	2.0	1.9 ± 1.3	2.0	NS^b
Spontaneous miscarriage	0.7 ± 1.4	0.0	0.4 ± 0.9	0.0	NS^b
Therapeutic abortion	0.1 ± 0.4	0.0	0.02 ± 0.2	0.0	NS^b
Days menstrual bleeding	7.9 ± 3.6	7.0	7.9 ± 4.2	7.0	NS^b
Endometrial thickness (mm)	9.7 ± 5.4	9.0	8.3 ± 4.7	7.5	NS^b
Preoperative hematocrit	37.2 ± 4.5	38.1	36.9 ± 4.0	37.5	NS^b
Preoperative TSH	1.9 ± 1.0	1.9	2.3 ± 3.3	1.8	NS^b
Operative time (min)	96.0 ± 40.0	89.0	95.4 ± 36.7	95.0	NS^a
Uterine weight (g)	146.9 ± 100.4	115.0	301.9 ± 269.8	200.0	<.001^b

Note: BMI = body mass index; TSH = thyroid-stimulating hormone.

^a

Two-sample t test.

^b

Wilcoxon rank sum test.

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