Is There a Relationship between Ovarian Epithelial Dysplasia and Infertility?

Table 3

Comparison of respective frequencies of the 11 histopathologic abnormalities in our dysplasia scoring system.

	Group A	Group B	Group C	Statistical difference 𝑃
	𝑁=30	𝑁=35	𝑁=62
Epithelial pseudostratification	21 (70%)	11 (31.4%)	17 (27.4%)	𝑃1<0.0001
				𝑃2=0.98
				𝑃3=0.002
Epithelial proliferation	16 (53.3%)	8 (22.8%)	23 (37%)	𝑃1=0.007
				𝑃2=0.06
				𝑃3<0.0001
Surface papillomatosis	15 (50%)	7 (20%)	15 (24.1%)	𝑃1=0.009
				𝑃2=0.8
				𝑃3<0.0001
Irregular nuclear chromatine pattern	13 (43.3%)	7 (20%)	18 (29%)	𝑃1=0.0042; 𝑃2=0.69; 𝑃3=0.001
Irregular nuclear contour	12 (40%)	11 (31.4%)	12 (19.3%)	𝑃1=0.0012
				𝑃2=0.059
				𝑃3=0.08
Cellular pleiomorphism	19 (63.3%)	9 (25.7%)	21 (33.8%)	𝑃1=0.0078
				𝑃2=0.32
				𝑃3=0.0045
Increased size of nucleus	14 (46.6%)	6 (17.1%)	13 (20.9%)	𝑃1=0.0074
				𝑃2=0.86
				𝑃3=0.004
Inclusion cysts	21 (70%)	15 (42.8%)	31 (50%)	𝑃1=0.032
				𝑃2=0.22
				𝑃3=0.004
Psammomas	5 (16.6%)	5 (14.2%)	4 (6.4%)	𝑃1=0.017
				𝑃2=0.012
				𝑃3=0.8
Deep epithelial invaginations	15 (50%)	6 (17.1%)	11 (17.7%)	𝑃1<0.0001
				𝑃2=0.99
				𝑃3=0.002
Stromal hyperplasia	11 (36.6%)	14 (40%)	10 (16.1%)	𝑃1<0.0001
				𝑃2=0.0013
				𝑃3=0.78

𝑃1: statistical differences between group A and C. 𝑃2: statistical differences between group B and C. 𝑃3: statistical differences between group A and B. Statistical analysis by Student’s t-test.