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. 2014 Jan 20;9(1):e85933. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085933

Table 3. Modification of the dimension of the fibroids in the study groups.

Pregnant women Non-pregnant women
N Before After p N Before After p
Diameters (mm)
Total 46 17±10 23±13 <0.001 41 20±11 20±10 0.39
Larger lesion 25 20±10 26±14 <0.001 25 22±12 21±11 0.20
Volumes (mL)
Total 41 1.6 (0.5–5.5) 5.2 (1.4–14.7) <0.001 41 2.6 (0.7–7.5) 2.7 (0.8–9.7) 0.68
Larger lesion 25 2.7 (0.8–11.4) 7.8 (2.3–17.4) <0.001 25 3.9 (0.8–16.0) 4.0 (0.7–14.2) 0.38

Data is reported as mean ± SD for the diameters and as median (Interquartile range) for the volumes.

Comparisons were made using the paired Student t-test and the Wilcoxon test for paired data for the diameters and the volumes, respectively.