213 Early luteal phase The analysis for this menstrual phase was not carried out due to only one adenomyosis patient being included. Late luteal phase Comparisons of UC features of adenomyosis patients and healthy controls during the LL phase are presented in Table 8.7. The adenomyosis patients showed statistically significantly higher amplitude in the PW (0.050±0.022 vs. 0.035±0.013, p=0.038), lower velocity in the C2F direction of the AW (0.51±0.11 vs. 0.65±0.13, p=0.027), and reduced contraction coordination (0.27±0.06 vs. 0.18±0.07, p=0.011) compared to healthy controls. No other statistically significant different results were found. Table 8.6. UC features in adenomyosis patients and healthy controls during the LL phase of the menstrual cycle UC feature Direction of UC feature Adenomyosis patients (n=7) Healthy controls (n=15) P-value* CF (contractions/minute) AW in radial direction 1.32 (0.14) 1.41 (0.14) 0.1482 PW in radial direction 1.33 (0.20) 1.47 (0.15) 0.0931 Amplitude (SD) AW in radial direction 0.059 (0.024) 0.038 (0.012) 0.1482 PW in radial direction 0.050 (0.022) 0.035 (0.013) 0.0382 Velocity (mm/s) F2C propagation, AW 0.55 (0.16) 0.62 (0.07) 0.1841 C2F propagation, AW 0.51 (0.11) 0.65 (0.13) 0.0271 F2C propagation, PW 0.56 (0.13) 0.67 (0.15) 0.1302 C2F propagation, PW 0.54 (0.12) 0.68 (0.15) 0.0551 Coordination (MSE) 0.27 (0.06) 0.18 (0.07) 0.0112 All data are presented as mean (SD). *p-value was considered significant at <0.05. UC: uterine contractions; CF: contraction frequency; AW: anterior wall; PW: posterior wall; F2C; fundus-to-cervix; C2F: cervix-to-fundus 1T-test for independent samples 2Mann-Whitney test
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