Table 3 General characteristics of uterine fibroids in our institution.
Characteristics | EEF | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Value | P | The kind of test-statistic | |
Number of patients (n) | 178 | – | – |
Age (y) | 45.1 ± 6.4 | 0.322 | Spearman |
Shortest distance from the ventral side to the skin at the level of the center of the target fibroid (mm) | 52.9 ± 24.1 | < 0.001 | Spearman |
Thickness of the abdominal wall at the level of the center of the target fibroid (mm) | 28.7 ± 8.4 | 0.007 | Spearman |
Thickness of the subcutaneous fat (mm) | 20.2 ± 7.9 | 0.009 | Spearman |
Distance from the dorsal side of the uterine fibroid to the sacrum (mm) | 26.6 (12.4, 43.8) | 0.023 | Spearman |
Volume of uterine fibroid (mm3) | 62668.8 (20554.8, 141001.7) | < 0.001 | Spearman |
NPV(mm3) | 44934.4 (15523.5, 104459.7) | < 0.001 | Spearman |
T2WI signal | 182.0 ± 80.0 | 0.027 | Spearman |
Uterine position (anterior/medial/posterior) | 103/28/47 (57.9%/15.7%/26.4%) | 0.023 | H-test |
Type of fibroid (intermural/submucosal/subserosal) | 154/9/15 (86.5%/5.1%/8.4%) | 0.007 | H-test |
Degree of enhancement on T1WI (mild/moderate/significant) | 81/40/57 (45.5%/22.5%/32%) | 0.013 | H-test |
DWI signal intensity (hypointense /isointense/hyperintense) | 77/46/55 (43.3%/25.8%/30.9%) | 0.792 | H-test |
Average irradiation power (W) | 400 (391.5, 400) | 0.265 | Spearman |
Irradiation time (s) | 542 (330.5, 882.5) | 0.559 | Spearman |
EEF (J/mm3) | 3.4 (1.9, 7.2) | – | – |
