Clinical Effectiveness of Modified Laparoscopic Fimbrioplasty for the Treatment of Minimal Endometriosis and Unexplained Infertility
Table 1
Demographic features of all subjects.
All subjects
Age ≤ 35
MLF ()
Control ()
value
MLF ()
Control ()
value
Age
33.3 ± 6.5
32.2 ± 5.1
0.28
31.0 ± 2.9
30.1 ± 3.8
0.23
BMI
25.8 ± 5.5
28.2 ± 7.8
0.04
24.9 ± 4.6
28.5 ± 7.3
<0.01
Ethnicity
White
38 (80.8%)
49 (62.0%)
<0.01
23 (76.7%)
37 (61.7%)
0.09
Black
3 (6.4%)
22 (27.9%)
3 (10.0%)
18 (30.0%)
Others
6 (12.8%)
8 (10.1%)
4 (13.3%)
5 (8.3%)
Smoking history
Ever smoker
13 (26.0%)
26 (29.9%)
0.63
11 (33.3%)
21 (31.8%)
0.88
Never smoker
37 (74.0%)
61 (70.1%)
22 (66.7%)
45 (68.2%)
Partner’s smoking
Ever smoker
15 (31.9%)
23 (27.7%)
0.61
10 (32.3%)
20 (31.8%)
0.96
Never smoker
32 (68.1%)
60 (72.3%)
21 (67.7%)
43 (68.2%)
Length of relationship (years)
7.9 ± 5.1
6.8 ± 4.1
0.20
7.5 ± 5.8
6.3 ± 5.4
0.18
Gravidity
0
24 (48.0%)
46 (52.9%)
0.59
36 (54.5%)
16 (48.5%)
0.57
≥1
26 (52.0%)
41 (47.1%)
30 (45.5%)
17 (51.6%)
Day 3 FSH
57 ± 3.3
6.3 ± 3.2
0.39
6.0 ± 3.9
5.7 ± 2.3
0.78
Day 3 estradiol
45.1 ± 38.4
36.5 ± 27.1
0.22
50.7 ± 45.2
36.7 ± 26.6
0.11
Prior OCP use
Yes
30 (78.9%)
64 (83.1%)
0.59
19 (73.1%)
47 (82.5%)
0.33
No
8 (21.1%)
13 (16.9%)
7 (26.9%)
10 (17.5%)
Chromopertubation
Patent
47 (97.9%)
80 (96.4%)
1.00
31 (96.9%)
61 (98.4%)
1.00
≥1 blocked
1 (2.1%)
3 (3.6%)
1 (3.1%)
1 (1.6%)
Semen analysis
Normal
15 (31.3%)
18 (26.1%)
0.54
12 (37.5%)
11 (22.0%)
0.13
Abnormal
33 (68.7%)
51 (73.9%)
20 (62.5%)
39 (78.0%)
Note: MLF = women treated with modified laparoscopic fimbrioplasty. OCP = oral contraceptive pills. Data are expressed as mean ± SD for age, BMI, length of relationship, day 3 FSH level, and day 3 estradiol level. Data are expressed as numerator and percentage for all other factors (ethnicity, smoking history, gravidity, prior OCP use, chromopertubation findings, and semen analysis). p values were obtained by either Fisher's exact test or two-tailed t-test.