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. 2018 Aug 9;13(8):e0202020. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202020

Table 4. Comparisons of demographic characteristics for successful and failed treatments of methotrexate injection.

Success
(N = 19)
Failure
(N = 12)
p-value
Systemic MTX* 16 12 0.265
Gestational weeks (mean ± SD) 8.11 ± 1.82 9.50±2.27 0.070
Initial β-hCG level (mean ± SD) 39,905.0±47881.0 30,458.4±39,513.9 0.573
Sac size (mm) (mean ± SD) 31.6 ± 13.4 41.3 ± 13.0 0.040
Positive FHB* (N) 6 5 0.705
Distance between CSP and uterine serosa (mean± SD) 1.31 ± 2.08 2.83 ± 2.70 0.088

* Chi-Square test

Independent t test

The other 3 patients received MTX local injection into the GS.

FHB: fetal heartbeat, CSP: cesarean scar pregnancy