Table 1. Clinical characteristics of patients.
| Characteristics | Samples used for immunohistochemistry | Stromal cells from eutopic endometrium of cases with endometriosis |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal endometrium | Ectopic endometrium | ||
| Number of cases | 31 | 30 | 27 |
| Age | 32.6±4.9 | 38.2±5.8 | 36.2±5.3 |
| Menstrual cycle phase | Proliferative | Proliferative | Proliferative |
| rASRM stage# | |||
| III | – | 19 | – |
| IV | – | 11 | – |
| Pain | – | 25 | – |
| Infertility | – | 17 | – |
#, revised American Society for Reproductive Medicine classification (rASRM: American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 1997). All data are expressed as mean ± SD. Statistical significance (Student’s t-test analysis).