Clinical Study
Production of Nitric Oxide and Expression of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in Ovarian Cystic Tumors
Table 1
Characteristics
of the three-patient groups compared in this study.
| | Nonneoplastic tumors () | Benign neoplasias () | Malignant neoplasias () |
| | Age (years,
mean ± SD)
| | | | | Parity child (mean ± SD) | | | | | Smokers
| 4 (26.7%) | 7 (25.0%) | 9 (45.0%) | | Race: | | | | | Caucasian women
| 12 (80.0%)
| 17 (60.7%)
| 17 (85.0%)
| | Non-Caucasian women | 3 (20.0%)
| 11 (39.3%)
| 3 (15.0%)
| | Use of hormonal
| | | | | contraception
| 2 (13.3%) | 5 (17.9%) | 2 (10.0%) | | Tubal ligation | 3 (20.0%) | 3 (10.7%) | 4 (20.0%) | | Hormonal status:
| | | | | Reproductive age (years)
| 12 (80.0%)
| 23
(82.1%)
| 10 (50.0%)
| | In
menopause | 3 (20.0%) | 5 (17.9%) | 10 (50.0%) |
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