Table 1. Clinical characteristics of patients diagnosed with recto-sigmoid endometriosis per group (success or failure of medical treatment).

Characteristics	Medical treatment		p value
	Success	Failure
	(n=143)	(n=95)
Age, years	40.5±5.1	37.3±5.8	0.0001*
BMI, kg/m2	27.4±5.2	26.8±4.9	0.566*
Follow-up, months	19.9±13.6	20.5±15.5	0.72*
Infertility	66 (46.2)	54 (56.8)	0.13†
Dysmenorrhea, VAS	4.9±4.0	6.2±4.3	0.02*
Dyspareunia, VAS	3.6±3.9	5.1±3.9	0.004*
Chronic pelvic pain, VAS	3.6±3.7	5.1±3.6	0.002*
Dysuria, VAS	0.7±1.7	2.0±3.5	0.0001*
Dyschezia, VAS	2.0±2.9	3.6±3.8	0.0007*

Results expressed as mean±standard deviation or n (%).

^*Student t test;

^†χ² test.

BMI: body mass index; VAS: visual analogue scale.