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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Outcomes of fertility preservation in women with endometriosis: comparison of progestin-primed ovarian stimulation versus antagonist protocols

 

Total

(n = 108)

Antagonist protocol

(n = 54)

PPOS protocol

(n = 54)

p-value

Age (years) (mean ± SD)

30.3 ± 4.3

30.8 ± 4.6

29.7 ± 4.0

0.191

BMI (kg/m2)(mean ± SD)

22.2 ± 4.1

21.9 ± 2.6

22.6 ± 5.1

0.351

Smoking (%(n))

31.5% (34/108)

33%

29%

0.682

Positive gravidity (%(n))

20.5% (22/108)

22%

19%

0.422

Positive parity (%(n))

6.5% (7/108)

6%

7%

0.702

Prior ovarian surgery (%(n))

27.8% (30/108)

31%

24%

0.392

Prior surgery for endometrioma (%(n))

21.5% (23/107)

26%

17%

0.222

Prior surgery for endometriosis (%(n))

20.8% (22/106)

17%

25%

0.342

AMH (ng/ml) (mean ± SD)

2.1 ± 1,9

2.1 ± 2.4

2 ± 1.3

0.821

AFC (n) (mean ± SD)

11.3 ± 6,8

11.1 ± 7.4

11.5 ± 6.2

0.751

Endometrioma during the FP (%(n))

34.3% (36/105)

31%

38%

0.452

DE (%(n))

92.1% (93/101)

92%

92%

0.932

DE with digestive involvement (%(n))

42.7% (41/96)

35%

49%

0.162

Adenomyosis (%(n))

25.5% (25/98)

25%

27%

0.822

Oral progestin treatment before FP(%(n))

82.2% (88/107)

76%

89%

0.082

  1. BMI Body mass Index, AMH Anti-Mullerian Hormone, AFC Antral Follicular Count, DE Deep Endometriosis, SD standard deviation, FP Fertility Preservation; P-value for the comparison between the antagonist protocol and the PPOS protocol; 1: t-test; 2: Chi2 test