Table 7.

Physical activity, measured by MET-minutes/week, in women with endometriosis vs. symptomatic controls and asymptomatic controls.

	Endometriosis cases n = 518 Mean (±SD)	Symptomatic controlsn = 1,331Mean (±SD)	p-value	Asymptomatic controlsn = 761Mean (±SD)	p-value
Light MET	46.68 (44.16)	46.22 (44.16)	0.839	48.49 (45.57)	0.481
Moderate MET	102.85 (183.62)	118.86 (186.07)	0.101	121.46 (201.73)	0.109
Vigorous MET	182.61 (285.08)	186.14 (243.06)	0.790	203.33 (282.97)	0.200
Total MET	332.15 (486.99)	351.22 (423.63)	0.405	373.28 (498.45)	0.144

MET, Metabolic equivalent.

Light-intensity MET: Activities that are those with less than 3.0 METs.

Moderate-intensity MET: Activities are those between 3.0 and 6.0 METs.

Vigorous-intensity MET: Activities that score more than 6.0 METs.