Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the 12 patients included in the discovery phase.

Parameter	Units	Detail	Controls	Cases	p-value
Total patient numbers	n	–	6	6	–
Mean age (mean ± SD)	years	–	29.6 ± 2.8	28.1 ± 3.1	> 0.05
Mean body mass index (mean ± SD)	kg/m2	–	23.8 ± 3.1	23.8 ± 1.7	> 0.05
Menstrual phase	n (%)	Follicular	6 (100)	6 (100)	> 0.05
		Luteal	0 (0)	0 (0)
Oral contraceptives (last 3 months)	n (%)	No	6 (100)	6 (100)
		Yes	0 (0)	0 (0)
Hormonal therapy (last 3 months)	n (%)	No	6 (100)	6 (100)
		Yes	0 (0)	0 (0)
Medications (last 1 week)	n (%)	No	6 (100)	6 (0)
		Yes	0 (0)	0 (0)
Smoking status	n (%)	Non-smoker	6 (100)	6 (100)
		Smoker	0 (0)	0 (0)
		Occasional smoker	0 (0)	0 (0)
		Former smoker	0 (0)	0 (0)
Endometriosis	n (%)	Ovarian plus peritoneal	0 (0)	6 (100)
Revised American Society for Reproductive Medicine score	n (%)	I	0 (0)	0 (0)
		II	0 (0)	0 (0)
		III	0 (0)	6 (100)
		IV	0 (0)	0 (0)