Research Article
A Structured Assessment to Decrease the Amount of Inconclusive Endometrial Biopsies in Women with Postmenopausal Bleeding
Table 3
Characteristics of women with a nondiagnostic sample, retrieved samples versus not retrieved samples.
| | Characteristic | Material retrieved () | Material not retrieved () | value |
| | Age (years) | 62.5 ± 8.7 | 61.9 ± 10.0 | | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 29.1 ± 6.35 | 27.5 ± 4.84 | | | Endometrial thickness (mm) | 7.5 (6.0–13.5) | 7.0 (6.0–10.5) | | | Hormone therapy use (%) | 7 (19.4%) | 7 (23.3%) | | | Nulliparity (%) | 2 (5.6%) | 3 (10%) | | | Endometrial (pre)malignancy (%) | 4 (11.1%) | 0 | |
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Independent samples -test, mean ± SD.
Mann-Whitney test, median IQR.
Chi-square.
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