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Table 8 Shows the mean number and mean proportion of lesions diagnosed on scan for all women with endometriotic lesions grouped by total number of lesions

From: Ultrasound mapping of pelvic endometriosis: does the location and number of lesions affect the diagnostic accuracy? a multicentre diagnostic accuracy study

Total number of lesions

Number of women N = 104

Mean number of lesions diagnosed on scan

Mean proportion of total lesions diagnosed on scan

Single lesions

28

0.429 (95% CI 0.207 to 0.651)

0.3929 (95% CI 0.2000 to 0.5857)

2 lesions

25

1.800 (95% CI 1.4232 to 2.1768)

0.8000 (95% CI 0.6541 to 0.9459)

3 lesions

24

2.8750 (95% CI 2.4562 to 3.2938)

0.8750 (95% CI 0.7749 to 0.9751)

4 lesions

16

3.5625 (95% CI 3.0871 to 4.0379)

0.8594 (95% CI 0.7756 to 0.9432)

5 lesions or more

11

3.5455 (95% CI 2.4471 to 4.6438)

0.6450 (95% CI 0.4584 to 0.8316)

  

P < 0.0001*

P = 0.0008*

  1. *Kruskal-Wallis test of correlation between total number of lesions at laparoscopy and mean number of lesions diagnosed on scan and mean proportion of total lesions diagnosed on scan respectively.