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. 2021 Aug 20;12:726876. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.726876

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the analyzed participants (N=1204).

Characteristics Non-endometriosis Endometriosis P value Non-uterine fibroid Uterine fibroid P value
n = 1127 n = 77 n = 1053 n = 151
Age, year 34.69 (9.68) 38.30 (8.82) 0.001 33.64 (9.34) 43.83 (6.77) <0.001
Menarche age 12.61 (1.77) 12.29 (1.93) 0.238 12.61 (1.76) 12.38 (1.87) 0.138
Ethnicity 0.033 <0.001
 Non-Hispanic white 357 (31.7) 16 (20.8) 346 (32.9) 27 (17.9)
 Non-Hispanic black 532 (47.2) 48 (62.3) 517 (49.1) 63 (41.7)
 Hispanic/other 238 (21.1) 13 (16.9) 190 (18.0) 61 (40.4)
Education level 0.631 0.639
 lower than high school 247 (21.9) 12 (15.6) 232 (22.0) 27 (17.9)
 high school 238 (21.1) 18 (23.4) 224 (21.3) 32 (21.2)
 Some College or AA degree 384 (34.1) 28 (36.4) 355 (33.7) 57 (37.7)
 College Graduate or above 258 (22.9) 19 (24.7) 242 (23.0) 35 (23.2)
BMI group 0.365 0.001
 Non-obesity 718 (63.7) 53 (68.8) 692 (65.7) 79 (52.3)
 Obesity 409 (36.3) 24 (31.2) 361 (34.3) 72 (47.7)
Current pregnancy status 0.252 <0.001
 No 906 (80.4) 66 (85.7) 828 (78.6) 144 (95.4)
 Yes 221 (19.6) 11 (14.3) 225 (21.4) 7 (4.6)
Ovary removed <0.001 <0.001
 No 1069 (94.9) 54 (70.1) 1019 (96.8) 104 (68.9)
 Yes 58 (5.1) 23 (29.9) 34 (3.2) 47 (31.1)
Female hormone <0.001 <0.001
 No 1027 (91.1) 55 (71.4) 975 (92.6) 107 (70.9)
 Yes 100 (8.9) 22 (28.6) 78 (7.4) 44 (29.1)
Menopause status <0.001 <0.001
 Premenopause 993 (88.1) 52 (67.5) 960 (91.2) 85 (56.3)
 Postmenopause 134 (11.9) 25 (32.5) 93 (8.8) 66 (43.7)

BMI, body mass index. Data are presented as mean ± SD or n (%). The t-test and χ2 test were between the endometriosis and no endometriosis groups or between the uterine leiomyomata and no uterine leiomyomata groups.