Clinical Study

Hormonal Contraceptive Use and the Prevalence of Endometriotic Lesions at Different Regions within the Peritoneal Cavity

Table 3

Prevalence of women with endometriotic lesions in single regions only with and without hormonal contraceptive use.

Ovarian, (%)Peritoneal, (%)RVS, (%) value

Single location cases
 No hormone (%)16 (39.0)14 (34.1)11 (26.8)0.0347
 HC (%)6 (15.0)23 (57.5)11 (27.5)

A Chi-squared test was used to determine whether the incidence of endometriotic lesions in different locations was significantly different under HC use.