Table 5.
Patient Characteristics
| Non-responder N=303 | Intermittent responder N=224 | Responder N=225 | ||||
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| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
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| Randomized group | ||||||
| Laparoscopy (scope) | 207 | 68.3 | 148 | 66.1 | 153 | 68.0 |
| Laparotomy (open) | 96 | 31.7 | 76 | 33.9 | 72 | 32.0 |
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| Age * | ||||||
| ≤ 39 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 1.3 | 11 | 4.9 |
| 40–49 | 14 | 4.6 | 8 | 3.6 | 43 | 19.1 |
| 50–59 | 53 | 17.5 | 55 | 24.6 | 87 | 38.7 |
| 60–69 | 96 | 31.7 | 85 | 37.9 | 57 | 25.3 |
| 70–79 | 96 | 31.7 | 63 | 28.1 | 26 | 11.6 |
| > 80 | 38 | 12.5 | 10 | 4.5 | 1 | 0.4 |
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| Race | ||||||
| Black | 14 | 4.6 | 14 | 6.3 | 4 | 1.8 |
| White | 264 | 87.1 | 193 | 86.2 | 208 | 92.4 |
| Other | 25 | 8.2 | 17 | 7.6 | 13 | 5.8 |
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| Marital Status * | ||||||
| Unknown | 24 | 7.9 | 5 | 2.2 | 5 | 2.2 |
| Married | 66 | 21.8 | 174 | 77.7 | 193 | 85.8 |
| Widowed | 110 | 36.3 | 24 | 10.7 | 6 | 2.7 |
| Separated/divorced | 61 | 20.1 | 13 | 5.8 | 13 | 5.8 |
| Single | 42 | 13.9 | 8 | 3.6 | 8 | 3.6 |
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| Education | ||||||
| Unknown | 25 | 8.3 | 8 | 3.6 | 10 | 4.4 |
| 1–11 years of education | 47 | 15.5 | 33 | 14.7 | 16 | 7.1 |
| High school graduate | 93 | 30.7 | 71 | 31.7 | 61 | 27.1 |
| Some college | 78 | 25.7 | 67 | 29.9 | 71 | 31.6 |
| Bachelor's degree | 33 | 10.9 | 25 | 11.2 | 41 | 18.2 |
| Graduate/professional degree | 27 | 8.9 | 20 | 8.9 | 26 | 11.6 |
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| Surgical stage | ||||||
| Unstaged | 2 | 0.7 | 4 | 1.8 | 6 | 2.7 |
| IA | 103 | 34.0 | 72 | 32.1 | 103 | 45.8 |
| IB | 84 | 27.7 | 64 | 28.6 | 57 | 25.3 |
| IC | 50 | 16.5 | 32 | 14.3 | 18 | 8.0 |
| IIA | 10 | 3.3 | 8 | 3.6 | 10 | 4.4 |
| IIB | 15 | 5.0 | 5 | 2.2 | 8 | 3.6 |
| IIIA | 9 | 3.0 | 11 | 4.9 | 9 | 4.0 |
| IIC | 22 | 7.3 | 21 | 9.4 | 12 | 5.3 |
| IVB | 8 | 2.6 | 7 | 3.1 | 2 | 0.9 |
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| Feel close to partner (at baseline) * | ||||||
| Unknown | 92 | 30.4 | 23 | 10.3 | 6 | 2.7 |
| Not at all | 17 | 5.6 | 3 | 1.3 | 2 | 0.9 |
| A little bit | 8 | 2.6 | 4 | 1.8 | 3 | 1.3 |
| Somewhat | 12 | 4.0 | 12 | 5.4 | 12 | 5.3 |
| Quite a bit | 36 | 11.9 | 30 | 13.4 | 29 | 12.9 |
| Very much | 138 | 45.5 | 152 | 67.9 | 173 | 76.9 |
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P<0.001