Table 1.
Demographic data
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| Variables | Control (n=25) | Adenomyosis (n=25) | Fibroid (n=25) | P value (three-groupcomparison) | P value (betweengroups) | |
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| Age (Y) | 62.5 ± 15.5 | 48.1 ± 27.9 | 46.9 ± 16.1 | <0.001 | <0.001*,** | |
| Endometrial pathology | 0.001*,** | |||||
| Proliferative | 3(12) | 16(64) | 7(28) | 0.001 | ||
| Secretory | 1(4) | 2(8) | 4(16) | |||
| Inactive | 21(84) | 6(24) | 10940 | 2(8) | ||
| Progestin effect | 0(0) | 1(4) | ||||
| Unknown | 0(0) | 0(0) | 2(8) | |||
| Menopausal status | <0.001*,** | |||||
| Premenopausal | 4(16) | 20(80) | 19(76) | <0.001 | ||
| Postmenopausal | 21(84) | 5(20) | 6(24) | |||
| Parity | ||||||
| Null | 5(20) | 7(28) | 9(36) | 0.452 | ||
| Parous | 20(80) | 18(72) | 16(64 | |||
| Type of surgery | ||||||
| Hysterectomy | 25(100) | 25(100) | 23(92) | <0.001 | <0.001*,** | |
| Excision | 0(0) | 0(0) | 2(8) | |||
| Uterine volume, cm3 | 45.4 ± 48.2 | 219.5 ± 201.1 | 232.2 ± 187.3 | <0.001 | 0.001* <0.001** | |
| Type of adenomyosis | N/A | |||||
| Diffuse | N/A | 22(88) | N/A | |||
| Focal | 3(12) | |||||
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Data are presented as mean ± SD. SD; Standard deviation, NA; Not available, *; Control vs. adenomyosis, **; Control vs. fibroid, and ***; Adenomyosis vs. fibroid.