Table 1.
Patient, Symptom, and Uterine Leiomyoma Characteristics (N = 130)
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| Age (y) | |
| Mean ± SD | 45.6 ± 5.5 |
| Range | 31.9–58.5 |
| Race* | |
| White | 75 (87.2) |
| Black | 5 (5.8) |
| Native American/Asian/other | 6 (7.0) |
| Not disclosed or unknown | 44 |
| Out of state residency | 82 (63.1) |
| Symptom | |
| Bleeding | 98 (75.4) |
| Bulk | 88 (67.7) |
| Pain | 33 (25.4) |
| Number of leiomyomas | |
| 1 | 50 (38.5) |
| 2–3 | 39 (30.0) |
| ≥ 4 | 41 (31.5) |
| Dominant leiomyoma location | |
| Submucosal | 14 (10.8) |
| Intramural | 86 (66.1) |
| Subserosal | 22 (16.9) |
| Transmucosal | 8 (6.2) |
| Dominant leiomyoma diameter (cm) | |
| Mean ± SD | 8.4 (2.9) |
| Median | 8 |
| Interquartile range | 6.4–9.7 |
| Total tumor volume (cm3) | |
| Mean ± SD | 350.3 ± 307.2 |
| Median | 243.3 |
| Interquartile range | 154.3–467.1 |
| Total tumor volume per patient | |
| < 100 cm3 | 21 (16.2) |
| 101–200 cm3 | 34 (26.1) |
| 201–300 cm3 | 22 (16.9) |
| 301–400 cm3 | 11 (8.5) |
| 401–500 cm3 | 15 (11.5) |
| > 500 cm3 | 27 (20.8) |
Note.—Values in parentheses are percentages.
*
Percentages are among patients who disclosed race.