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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of study women

From: The dynamic changes in the number of uterine natural killer cells are specific to the eutopic but not to the ectopic endometrium in women and in a baboon model of endometriosis

Demographic data

Control group N = 30

Endometriosis group N = 30

Ectopic group N = 22

P value (control v endometriosis)

Age, median (range)

40 (25–47)

36 (18–45)

40 (24–51)

P = 0.056

BMI, median (range)

27 (20–42)

26 (20–38)

27.1 (18–32)

P = 0.37

Parity, median (range)

2 (1–4)

1 (0–3)

1 (0–2)

P < 0.0001

Smoker

9/30 (30%)

5/30 (17%)

1/22 (5%)

P = 0.36

Endometriosis stage, median (range)

–

2 (1–4)

4 (1–4)

N/A

  1. Control group consists of 10 patients with proliferative phase endometrium, 10 patients with mid-secretory phase endometrium and 10 patients with late-secretory phase endometrium. Endometriosis group consists of 10 patients with proliferative phase endometrium, 10 patients with mid-secretory phase endometrium and 10 patients with late-secretory phase endometrium. The ectopic group consists of ectopic lesions excised from women with endometriosis, 2 menstrual, 6 proliferative, 10 mid-secretory and 4 late secretory phase. Mann-Whitney U test for age, BMI and parity; Fisher’s Exact test for smoking status
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Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

ISSN: 1477-7827

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