Therapy after fgEA? | None | Yes, but no hysterectomy | Yes, but hysterectomy | p value | Statistical test |
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Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | |||
Dysmenorrhea associated? | |||||
No (179 patients) | 154 (71 %) | 10 (5 %) | 15 (7 %) | 0.0921 | Chi-square |
Yes (39 patients) | 28 (13 %) | 4 (2 %) | 7 (3 %) | ||
History of caesarian section | |||||
No (177 patients) | 148 (68 %) | 11 (5 %) | 18 (8 %) | 0.9654 | Chi-square |
Yes (41 patients) | 34 (16 %) | 3 (1 %) | 4 (2 %) | ||
Duration of preoperative blood loss | |||||
>12 months (160 patients) | 133 (46 %) | 10 (3 %) | 17 (6 %) | 0.9935 | Chi-square |
6–12 months (45 patients) | 38 (13 %) | 3 (1 %) | 4 (1 %) | ||
<6 months (13 patients) | 11 (4 %) | 1 (<1 %) | 1 (1 %) | ||
Mean age at time of EA in years | 42 ± 4.88 | 43.64 ± 5.98 | 39.77 ± 5.28 | 0.0004 | Analysis of variance |
Pre-versus perimenopausal age at time of fgEA | |||||
Premenopausal | 121 (56 %) | 8 (4 %) | 20 (9 %) | 0.0433 | Chi-square |
Perimenopausal | 61 (28 %) | 9 (3 %) | 2 (1 %) | ||
Nulliparous versus parous | |||||
Nullipara (13 patients) | 10 (5 %) | 1 (<1 %) | 2 (1 %) | 0.7828 | Chi-square |
Para (205 patients) | 172 (79 %) | 13 (6 %) | 20 (9 %) | ||
History of sterilization? | |||||
No (166 patients) | 139 (64 %) | 10 (5 %) | 17 (8 %) | 0.9084 | Chi-square |
Yes (52 patients) | 43 (20 %) | 4 (2 %) | 5 (2 %) |