Table 2.

Demographic features of the CE patients along with the cyst characteristics

Characteristics	Frequency (No.)	Percent (%)
Gender
Male	245	49.1
Female	254	50.9
Province
Fars	380	75.7
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad	37	7.4
Bushehr	23	4.6
Khuzestan	14	2.8
Foreign countries	6	1.2
Sistan and Balochistan	4	0.8
Kerman	3	0.6
Kermanshah	2	0.4
Khorasan Razavi	2	0.4
Other Provinces1	7	1.4
Age groups (years)
< 10	51	10.2
10–19	70	14.1
20–29	98	19.7
30–39	94	18.9
40–49	55	11
> 50	130	26.1
Number of cysts
Single	343	69.6
Two cysts	98	19.9
Three cysts	23	4.7
Four cysts	8	1.6
Five or more cysts	21	4.3
Size of cysts (cm)
= < 5 cm	69	14.1
6–10	164	33.6
11–15	232	47.5
> = 16	23	4.7
Area of the cyst (cm2)
= < 25	179	38.7
26–50	112	24.2
51–75	48	10.4
76–100	62	13.4
> = 100	61	13.2

¹Other Provinces: Zanjan, Qom, Lorestan, Isfahan, Ilam, Hormozgan, East Azerbaijan