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Table 1 Overview of the demographics and other characteristics of the recruited patients

From: BDNF and TrKB expression levels in patients with endometriosis and their associations with dysmenorrhoea

Parameter

Endometriosis

N = 46

Control

N = 16

P

Age, mean (SD)

32.97 (7.23)

33.40 (7)

0.74

Gravidity, median (range)

2 (0, 5)

2 (1, 5)

0.76

Parity, median (range)

1 (0, 5)

1 (0, 2)

0.59

Haemoglobin, mean (SD)

102.8 (27)

120.9 (15.2)

0.01

CA125, mean (SD)

55.8 (5.2)

13.32 (6.24)

0.995

PBAS, mean (SD)

158.7 (67.6)

112.9 (25.9)

0.12

Menstrual cycle (Proliferative phase) n (%)

21 (45.7%)

8 (50%)

0.98

Leiomyomas n (%)

12 (26.1%)

5 (31.2%)

0.76

Endometrial polyps n (%)

19 (41.3%)

8 (50%)

0.796

  1. Abbreviations: PBAS Pictorial Blood Loss Assessment Chart Score
  2. Differences among groups were analysed by Student’s t-test and the Mann–Whitney U test