Table I.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the UL females and control group.

	UL females (n=105)	Controls (n=112)	P-value
Age, years	38.1±9.8	36.7±5.7	0.23
Marriage status, n (%)	100 (95)	109 (97)	0.49
BMI, kg/m2	25.1±5.5	25.4±4.7	0.70
Age of menarche, years	13.5±1.5	13.1±1.6	0.07
Duration of menses, days	6.1±1.6	5.8±1.5	0.07
Menstrual cycle, days	28.3±3.3	28.7±2.1	0.30
Bleeding, n (%)	60 (57)	4 (4)	<0.0001
Pain, n (%)	30 (29)	6 (5)	<0.0001

Data are mean ± standard deviation. UL, uterine leiomyoma; BMI, body mass index.