Table 1 Characteristics of study participants
From: Diagnostic delay and health-related quality of life in Egyptian women with endometriosis
Item | Endometriosis N = 70 | Control women N = 57 | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
Demographics | |||
Age (years) | 28.56 ± 5.72 | 28.96 ± 5.7 | 0.690 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 25.32 ± 4.5 | 27.34 ± 4.29 | 0.011 |
Urban (N, %) | 9 (12.9%) | 7 (12.3%) | 0.922 |
Rural (N, %) | 61 (87.1%) | 50 (87.7%) | |
Number of living children | 0.0 (0.0–1.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.047 |
Marital status | |||
Currently married | 65 | 56 | 0.185 |
Virgin | 4 | 0 | |
Divorced/separated | 1 | 1 | |
Indication of surgery (N, %) | |||
Infertility | 31 (44.3%) | 50 (87.7%) | < 0.001 |
Pelvic pain | 16 (23.0%) | 6 (10.5%) | |
Infertility + Pelvic pain | 11(15.7%) | 1 (1.8%) | |
Ovarian cysts (N, %) | 5 (7.1%) | 0 | |
Others (N, %t) | 7 (10%) | 0 | |
Duration of infertility (years) | 3.0 (0.0–5.0) | 4.0 (2.0–7.0) | 0.048 |
Menstrual days (N, %) | |||
< 2 days | 0 | 1 (1.8%) | 0.532 |
2–7 days | 69 (98.5%) | 55 (96.4%) | |
> 7 days | 1 (1.5%) | 1 (1.8%) | |
Cycle length | |||
< 24 days | 0 | 3 (5.3%) | 0.068 |
24–35 days | 62 (88.6%) | 52 (91.2%) | |
Infrequent (> 35 days) | 7 (10%) | 1 (1.8%) | |
Too irregular (metrorrhagia) | 1 (1.4%) | 1 (1.8%) | |