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.