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. 2022 Jan 12;12:639. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-04637-2

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the training dataset for patient with and without endometriosis.

Patient with endometriosis
N (%) = 1126
Patient without endometriosis
N (%)
N = 608
P < value
Demographics characteristics
Age (mean ± SD) 29 ± 8 28 ± 9 < 0.001
BMI (body mass index) (mean ± SD) 23.41 ± 4.88 23.10 ± 4.56 0.12
Mother/daughter history of endometriosis
 Yes 21 (1.9%) 4 (0.7%)
 No 1105 (98.1%) 604 (99.3%) 0.056
Endometriosis phenotype
Dysmenorrhea/VAS of Dysmenorrhea (mean ± SD) 6 ± 3.4 5 ± 3.2 < 0.001
Maximum length of periods (mean ± SD) 6 ± 4 5 ± 3 < 0.001
Abdominal pain outside menstruation
 Yes 721 (64.1%) 179 (29.4%) < 0.001
 No 405 (35.9%) 429 (70.6%)
Pain suggesting sciatica
 Yes 427 (37.9%) 61 (10.1%)
 No 699 (62.1%) 547 (89.9%) < 0.001
Pain on sexual intercourse 3.8 ± 3.5 2.3 ± 3.0 < 0.001
Lower back pain outside menstruation
 Yes  693 (61.5%) 200 (32.9%)
 No 433 (38.5%) 408 (67.1%) < 0.001
Painful defecation (mean ± SD) 3.2 ± 3.3 1.5 ± 2.4 < 0.001
Alternating diarrhea/constipation during menstruation
 Yes 718 (63.7%) 234 (38.5%)
 No 408 (36.3%) 374 (61.5%) < 0.001
Urinary pain during menstruation (mean ± SD) 1.4 ± 2.5 0.5 ± 1.4 < 0.001
Blood in the stools during menstruation
 Yes 179 (15.9%) 45 (7.4%) < 0.001
 No 947 (84.1%) 563 (92.6%)
Blood in urine during menstruation
 Yes 150 (13.3%) 61 (10.1%)
 No 976 (86.7%) 547 (89.9%) 0.046
Quality of life
Absenteeism duration in the last 6 months (mean ± SD) 7 ± 22 3 ± 12 < 0.001
Number of non-hormonal pain treatments used (mean ± SD) 1 ±  1 0  ±  1 < 0.001