Table 4 Demographic and clinical characteristics of included women with and without diagnosis of endometriosis.

From: Spectrochemical differentiation in endometriosis based on infrared spectroscopy advanced data fusion and multivariate analysis

Variables

Groups

p valuea

Total

Case

Control

N (%)

41 (54.7)

34 (45.3)

 

75 (100.0)

Age, years

34 ± 8

41 ± 7

p < 0.01

37 ± 8

BMI, m2/kg

28.83 ± 5.12

26.13 ± 5.58

0.032

27.61 ± 5.47

Parity, n (%)

 Nulliparous

22 (53.7)

0 (0.0)

–*

22 (31.9)

 Primiparous

5 (12.2)

9 (32.1)

 

14 (20.3)

 Multiparous

14 (34.1)

19 (67.9)

 

33 (47.8)

Hormonal therapy, n (%)

 Yes

23 (65.7)

–

  

 No

12 (34.3)

–

  
  1. aThe significance of the difference between groups was assessed using the Student’s t-test.
  2. *Statistical tests could not be performed due to the violation of assumptions. Continuous data are expressed as mean and standard deviation. Categorical data are expressed as absolute frequency (n) and relative frequency (%). Bold values indicate significance at p < 0.05.
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