Table 1.

Patients' characteristics and pathologic results of the ovarian cysts.

Characteristics	Overall N (%)
Age (yr)
Mean ± SD	44.13 ± 13.16
Range	18–79
Parity
Nulliparous	165 (58.7%)
Multiparous	116 (41.3%)
Contraception
Yes	24 (8.5%)
No	257 (91.3%)
Menopausal status
Premenopause	213 (75.8%)
Postmenopause	68 (24.2%)
Pathology
Benign	225 (80.1%)
Malignancy	56 (19.9%)
Early-stage ovarian cancer	26 (9.2%)
Advanced-stage ovarian cancer	25 (8.9%)
Other malignancies	5 (1.8%)