Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
| Variables | Intrauterine adhesions |
No intrauterine adhesions |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| N = 16 (9.3%) | N = 157 (90.7%) | ||
| Age, mean (SD) | 34.8 (5.5) | 37.3 (4.8) | .046 |
| Gravidity, median (IQR) | 0 (0-1.5) | 1 (0-1) | .240 |
| Parity, median (IQR) | 0 (0-0) | 0 (0-0) | .923 |
| Race, n (%) | .852 | ||
| White | 6 (37.5) | 65 (41.4) | |
| African American | 6 (37.5) | 43 (27.4) | |
| Asian | 2 (12.5) | 19 (12.1) | |
| Other/unknown | 2 (12.5) | 30 (19.1) | |
| Hispanic, n (%) | 0 (0) | 9 (5.7) | 1.000 |
| Indication for myomectomy, n (%)a | |||
| Recurrent pregnancy loss | 1 (6.3) | 9 (5.7) | 1.000 |
| Abnormal uterine bleeding | 8 (50.0) | 58 (36.9) | .418 |
| Bulk symptoms | 2 (12.5) | 20 (12.7) | 1.000 |
| Pelvic pain | 4 (25.0) | 20 (12.7) | .244 |
| Infertility | 8 (50.0) | 90 (57.3) | .605 |
| Other | 1 (6.3) | 7 (4.5) | .548 |
| Prior uterine surgery, n (%) | 7 (43.8) | 53 (34.9) | .585 |
Note: IQR = interquartile range; SD = standard deviation.
a
Patients may have more than 1 indication.