Table 2.
The percentage of ERα-positive cells in the glandular epithelium and the stroma of the fallopian tube ampulla and isthmus of postmenopausal women stratified according to time elapsed since the last menstrual period.
| Group | Glandular Epithelium Median (Range) X ± SD |
Stroma Median (Range) X ± SD |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| A | ampulla | 85.8 a,c (30.8−95.9) 81.2 ± 12.8 |
49.8 c (25.0−75.4) 52.4 ± 13.1 |
| B | 81.3 d (34.8−90.6) 76.6 ± 12.9 |
50.6 d (26.1−75.4) 49.5 ± 15.2 |
|
| C | 73.4 a,e (34.1−89.7) 68.5 ± 13.9 |
51.5 e (22.0−71.1) 46.4 ± 14.4 |
|
| A | isthmus | 84.2 b,f (68.2−94.0) 83.3 ± 6.9 |
57.0 f (25.2−72.9) 53.6 ± 13.2 |
| B | 83.9 g (35.1−91.6) 78.6 ± 14.8 |
56.4 g (24.8−72.9) 51.7 ± 15.5 |
|
| C | 76.8 b,h (24.4−92.6) 68.9 ± 18.1 |
46.4 h (29.5−71.0) 51.1 ± 13.6 |
|
A—women for whom 1–5 years had elapsed since the last menstrual period; B—women for whom 6–10 years had elapsed since the last menstrual period; C—women for whom ≥11 years had elapsed since the last menstrual period; ERα—estrogen receptor alpha; X ± SD—mean ± standard deviation; common superscripts denote significant differences between compared groups: p = 0.013 (a), p = 0.003 (b), p < 0.001 (c–h) (Kruscall–Wallis test).