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Table 4 Relationships between clinical variables, opioid use, and surgery

From: Real-world characteristics of women with endometriosis-related pain entering a multidisciplinary endometriosis program

Parameter, mean (SD)

Opioid use

Surgery

Yes

(n = 158)

No

(n = 480)

F value

p value

Yes

(n = 392)

No

(n = 245)

F value

p value

Age, years

32.77 (8.10)

33.62 (8.20)

1.27

0.26

34.15 (8.03)

32.22 (8.28)

8.42

0.004

Weight, lbs

156.72 (44.2)

151.21 (36.5)

2.38

0.12

156.7 (41.6)

146.15 (32.28)

11.23

0.001

Height, in

64.36 (2.73)

64.80 (2.86)

2.89

0.09

64.71 (2.80)

64.66 (2.89)

0.05

0.82

BMI

26.47 (6.88)

25.37 (5.93)

3.71

0.06

26.31 (6.68)

24.61 (5.17)

11.26

0.001

Years from diagnostic surgery to entry into CERT

6.68 (6.55)

7.03 (7.00)

0.20

0.65

6.95 (6.90)

NA

NA

NA

Years from onset of pain to entry into CERT

10.94 (9.29)

9.86 (8.93)

1.41

0.24

11.35 (9.18)

8.49 (8.58)

13.17

 < 0.001

Number of prior surgeries

2.00 (2.06)

1.63 (1.03)

5.53

0.02

1.74 (1.40)

NA

NA

NA

Current opioid use

NA

NA

NA

NA

107 (27.3)

51 (2.70)

3.49

0.062

Dysmenorrhea score

2.51 (0.86)

2.01 (1.01)

28.75

 < 0.001

2.11 (1.05)

2.17 (0.91)

0.50

0.481

Dyspareunia score

1.54 (1.14)

1.23 (1.13)

7.70

0.006

1.39 (1.18)

1.18 (1.06)

4.63

0.032

NMPP score

2.32 (0.90)

1.56 (0.93)

73.57

 < 0.001

1.87 (0.97)

1.57 (0.97)

12.64

 < 0.001

Total pelvic pain score

6.43 (1.74)

4.80 (2.13)

60.55

 < 0.001

5.41 (2.23)

4.93 (2.02)

6.00

0.015

Number of prior healthcare providers

5.38 (5.14)

3.54 (2.94)

16.07

 < 0.001

4.31 (3.97)

3.44 (3.06)

4.36

0.037

  1. p values were obtained from the overall analysis of variance