Table 1.
Summary of Clinical Parameters of Study Cohort for Serum and PF Analysis
| Serum |
PF |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EM+ (n = 38) | EM− (n = 24) | P Valuea | EM+ (n = 39) | EM− (n = 26) | P Valuea | |
| Age, y | ||||||
| Median | 33.5 | 34.5 | 0.22 | 34 | 35 | 0.56 |
| Range | 22–44 | 22–47 | 22–44 | 22–51 | ||
| Diagnostic, rAFS grade | ||||||
| I–II | 11 | NA | 13 | NA | ||
| III–IV | 27 | NA | 22 | NA | ||
| Cycle phase | 0.29 | 0.44 | ||||
| Proliferative | 21 | 9 | 20 | 10 | ||
| Secretory | 17 | 14 | 18 | 15 | ||
| Ethnicity | 0.79 | 0.95 | ||||
| Chinese | 27 | 18 | 26 | 18 | ||
| Malay | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Othersb | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Fecundity | 0.64 | 0.43 | ||||
| Fertile | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Infertile | 28 | 18 | 29 | 14 | ||
| Subfertile | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Abbreviation: NA, not available.
a
Two-tailed Mann-Whitney U test for EM+ and EM−; χ2 and Fisher's exact tests of association for categorical values.
b
Other races comprised Burmese, Indians, Indonesians, Filipinos, and Vietnamese.