The effect of fertility stress on endometrial and subendometrial blood flow among infertile women

Table 4 The relationship between FPI scores and the 3D PD-US characteristics (r)

	Social concern	Relationship concern	Need for parenthood	Rejection of childfree lifestyle	Sexual concern	Total FPI score
Endometrial thickness	0.048	−0.044	−0.027	−0.02	0.06	0.006
Endometrial echogenicity	−0.029	−0.018	0.034	−0.052	−0.11	−0.043
Endometrial V	0.105	0.009	0.081	0.025	0.020	0.072
Endometrial VI	0.007	0.049	0.092	−0.021	−0.035	0.031
Endometrial FI	−0.233**	−0.220**	−0.237**	−0.153**	−0.183**	−0.304**
Endometrial VFI	0.016	0.077	0.088	−0.028	0.012	0.052
Subendometrial V	−0.017	−0.023	0.107	0.078	−0.047	0.029
Subendometrial VI	−0.035	0.013	0.107	−0.100	−0.111	−0.031
Subendometrial FI	−0.350**	−0.313**	−0.229**	−0.195**	−0.291**	−0.407**
Subendometrial VFI	−0.010	0.019	0.111	−0.110	−0.087	−0.016

V, Volume; VI, Vascularization index; FI, Flow index; VFI, Vascularization-flow index
**: P < 0.001
Pearson correlation coefficient (r) was used to determine the relationship between the FPI scores and the 3D PD-US characteristics

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