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

Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of the training and validation dataset.

Training set
N (%) = 1126
Validation set
N (%)
N = 100
P < value
Demographics characteristics
Age (mean ± SD) 29 ± 8 31 ± 5 < 0.001
BMI (body mass index) (mean ± SD) 23.41 ± 4.88 24.3 ± 4.82 < 0.001
Mother/daughter history of endometriosis
 Yes 21 (1.9%) 8 (8%)
 No 1105 (98.1%) 92 (92%) 0.001
Endometriosis phenotype
Dysmenorrhea/VAS of dysmenorrhea (mean ± SD) 6 ± 3.4 7.3 ± 3 < 0.001
Maximum length of periods (mean ± SD) 6 ± 4 8 ± 4 < 0.001
Abdominal pain outside menstruation
 Yes 721 (64.1%) 67 (67%)
 No 405 (35.9%) 33 (33%) 0.5527
Pain suggesting sciatica
 Yes 427 (37.9%) 53 (53%) 0.003
 No 699 (62.1%) 47 (47%)
Pain on sexual intercourse 3.8 ± 3.5 5.1 ± 3.5 < 0.001
Lower back pain outside menstruation
 Yes 693 (61.5)% 79 (79%) 0.00053
 No 433 (38.5)% 21 (21%)
Painful defecation (mean ± SD) 3.2 ± 3.3 4.2 ± 3.3 < 0.001
Alternating diarrhea/constipation during menstruation
 Yes 718 (63.7%) 80 (80%)
 No 408 (36.3%) 20 (20%) 0.0010
Urinary pain during menstruation (mean ± SD) 1.4 ± 2.5 1.9 ± 2.9 < 0.001
Blood in the stools during menstruation
 Yes 179 (15.9%) 20 (20%) 0.2862
 No 947 (84.1%) 80 (80%)
Blood in urine during menstruation
 Yes 150 (13.3%) 17 (17%) 0.3040
 No 976 (86.7%) 83 (83%)
Quality of life
Absenteeism duration in the last 6 months (mean ± SD) 7 ± 22 23 ± 31 < 0.001
Number of non-hormonal pain treatments used (mean ± SD) 1 ± 1 2 ± 2 < 0.001