Effects of pelvic endometriosis and adenomyosis on ciliary beat frequency and muscular contractions in the human fallopian tube

Table 1 Characteristics of the recruited patients

Variables	Control group (n = 20)	AM group (n = 20)	EM group (n = 35)
Age^a (year)	47.2 ± 4.8	44.4 ± 5.2	43.4 ± 5.1
BMI^a (kg/m²)	23.8 ± 2.2	21.0 ± 1.9	21.8 ± 2.3
Gravidity(n)	1.9 ± 1.4	1.8 ± 1.5	1.25 ± 0.9
Parity (n)	1.1 ± 0.9	0.9 ± 0.7	1.0 ± 0.5
Baseline of dysmenorrhea VAS score^a	1.7 ± 1.6^c	5.9 ± 2.7	5.7 ± 2.6
Baseline of MVJ score^b	4.8 ± 0.9	4.7 ± 0.9	4.2 ± 1.0

Data are mean ± standard deviation (SD)
AM adenomyosis, EM endometriosis
^aThe degree of baseline pain was evaluated by the pre-surgical visual analogue scale (VAS) score (0–10 indicates no pain to severe pain)
^bBaseline menstrual blood loss was assessed using the pre-surgical Mansfield-Voda-Jorgensen (MVJ) score, ranging from 1 (spotting) to 6 (gushing)
^cSignificant difference compared with the AM and EM groups (both p < 0.001)

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