Table 5. Clinical characteristics on preoperative MRI in 141 patients in relation to plasma level of GDF-15.

	Low n (%)	High n (%)	P- value*
Myometrial infiltration			0.05
<50%	63 (85)	11 (15)
≥50%	48 (72)	19 (28)
Cervical stroma affection			0.03
no	90 (84)	17 (16)
yes	7 (58)	5 (42)

*P-values are calculated by Chi-Square test.

Low = 1. and 2. tertile

High = 3. tertile