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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with EBOTs

From: Safety and fertility outcomes after the conservative treatment of endometrioid borderline ovarian tumours

Characteristics

Conservative group (n = 29)

Radical group (n = 30)

P value

Age at first diagnosis (years)

33.9 ± 7.4

49.3 ± 9.9

<0.001a

BMI (Kg/m2)

22.9 ± 3.7

23.6 ± 2.3

0.45a

Nulliparous

  

<0.001b

 Yes

23

5

 

 No

6

25

 

Preoperative serum CA 125 (n = 54)

50.8 (21.2–327.5)

140.5 (9.5–2655.0)

0.026c

Preoperative serum CA 19–9 (n = 31)

22.6 (7.5–687.4)

243.3 (10.1–70,148)

0.017c

Tumor size (cm)

7.5 ± 3.3

7.5 ± 3.4

0.98a

Surgical approach

  

<0.001b

 Laparoscopy

21

3

 

 Laparotomy

8

27

 

Complete staging

  

<0.001b

 Yes

9

23

 

 No

20

7

 

Stage

  

0.35b

 I

28

26

 

 II-III

1

4

 

Microinvasion

  

1.00b

 Yes

0

1

 

 No

29

29

 

Intra-epithelial carcinoma

  

0.14b

 Yes

9

15

 

 No

20

15

 

Associated endometriosis

  

0.91b

 Yes

12

15

 

 No

17

15

 

Endometrial evaluations (n = 47)

  

0.026b

 Normal

7

18

 

 EIN/EC

11

11

 

Adjuvant therapy

  

0.18b

 No

23

19

 

 Chemotherapy

6

11

 
  1. a Student’s t-test
  2. b χ2 test
  3. c Mann–Whitney U-test
  4. BMI body mass index, EIN endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia, EC endometrial endometrioid carcinoma