Research Article
Could Obesity be a Triggering Factor for Endometrial Tubal Metaplasia to be a Precancerous Lesion?
Table 2
Distribution of the studied cases according to different parameters in all studied groups.
| | Parameter | No. (%) |
| | Group 1 (n = 57) |
| | Age (years) | | | Mean ± SD | 49.3 ± 13.6 | | Median (min–max.) | 43 (28–72) | | Menopausal status | | | Premenopausal | 32 (56.1%) | | Postmenopausal | 25 (43.9%) | | Oral contraceptive history | | | Negative | 29 (50.9%) | | Positive | 28 (49.1%) | | Atypia | | | No atypia | 32 (56.1%) | | Atypia | 25 (43.9%) | | BMI (kg/m2) | | | Nonobese (<30) | 34 (59.6%) | | Obese (≥30) | 23 (40.4%) | | Mean ± SD | 30.5 ± 7.4 | | Median (min–max.) | 28 (18–45) | | Estradiol level | | | ≤300 | 37 (64.9%) | | >300 | 20 (35.1%) | | Mean ± SD | 247.8 ± 124.6 | | Median (min–max.) | 240 (60–450) |
| | Group 2 (n = 57) |
| | Histologic type | | | Disordered proliferative endometrium | 22 (38.6%) | | Atrophic endometrium | 5 (8.8%) | | Senile cystic fibrosis | 6 (10.5%) | | Benign endometrial hyperplasia | 24 (42.1%) |
| | Group 3 (n = 68) |
| | Histologic type | | | Serous | 16 (23.5%) | | Conventional | 52 (76.5%) |
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