Three-dimensional ultrasonography and power Doppler for discrimination between benign and malignant endometrium in premenopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding

Table 2 Characteristics of patients with benign and malignant endometrium

Characteristic	Benign (n = 68)	Malignant (n = 10)	P value
Age (y)	46.88 ± 1.95	48.43 ± 2.99	0.032^a
Parity	4.18 ± 1.21	4.20 ± 1.03	0.954
Weight (kg)	87.76 ± 10.74	88.00 ± 16.44	0.952
Height (cm)	157.38 ± 5.80	155.20 ± 1.81	0.244
BMI (kg/m²)	35.29 ± 1.84	36.62 ± 8.42	0.248
ET (mm)	7.615 ± 5.493	21.400 ± 9.489	<0.001^a
Uterine artery PI	1.847 ± 0.638	2.080 ± 0.755	0.296
Uterine artery RI	1.140 ± 1.583	1.190 ± 0.796	0.922
EV (cm³)	3.410 ± 2.728	7.534 ± 3.622	<0.001^a
Endometrial VI (%)	0.310 ± 0.418	1.005 ± 0.597	<0.001^a
Endometrial FI (0–100)	22.897 ± 4.547	24.212 ± 9.562	0.474
Endometrial VFI (0–100)	0.100 ± 0.157	0.204 ± 0.072	0.043^a

BMI body mass index, ET endometrial thickness, PI pulsatility index, RI resistance index, EV endometrial volume, FI flow index, VI vascularization index, VFI vascularization flow index
^aStatistically significant

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