Table 1.

Characteristics of patients included in this study

Patient characteristics
Patient	Diagnosis	Age	BMI	Menstruation	Menstrual cycle	Disease stage	Clinical symptoms
Patient 1	Ovarian endometriosis	33	22.9	Regular	Proliferation	III	Dysmenorrhea
Patient 2	Ovarian endometriosis	29	19.1	Regular	Proliferation	III	Dysmenorrhea
Patient 3	Ovarian endometriosis	33	20.9	Regular	Proliferation	IV	Infertility
Mean ± SD		31.66666667	22.4 ± 3.3 (NS)	Regular	Proliferation
Patient 4	Without endometriosis	26	23.6	Regular	Proliferation		No obvious symptoms
Patient 5	Without endometriosis	34	25	Regular	Proliferation		No obvious symptoms
Patient 6	Without endometriosis	26	17.1	Regular	Proliferation		No obvious symptoms
Mean ± SD		30.38095238	24.2 ± 4.0 (NS)	Regular	Proliferation

BMI  body mass index, SD standard deviation, NS no significant