Table 1. Age, BMI and relative expression of PGR, HBEGF, ITGAV, ITGB3 and SPP1 genes by the (1+efficiency of assay)-ΔΔCT method in eutopic endometrium of infertile patients with endometriosis, fertile controls and infertile controls during de implantation window
Variable Endometriosis (n=5) Infertile Controls (n=5) Fertile Controls (n=5) p
Age 34.80 (29.80; 39.50) 33.50 (29.10; 38.50) 32.90 (27.85; 36.50) 0.63
BMI 21.90 (21.55; 28.85) 23.40 (20.35; 27.30) 27.20 (24.40; 29.26) 0.17
PGR 0.97 (0.73; 1.22) 1.02 (0.83; 1.26) 0.94 (0.76; 1.5) 0.87
HBEGF 0.63 (0.54; 1.46) 1.02 (0.50; 3.34) 1.14 (0.76; 1.27) 0.73
ITGAV 0.85 (0.81; 0.98) 1.03 (0.58; 1.20) 0.85 (0.81; 1.40) 0.61
ITGB3 0.29 (0.25; 0.96) 0.50 (0.45; 4.80) 0.83 (0.45; 3.10) 0.33
SPP1 1.03 (0.61; 1.73) 0.55 (0.46; 1.59) 1.03 (0.61; 1.73) 0.62
Note: data are presented as median (interquartile range). BMI: body mass index. PGR: progesterone receptor. HBEGF: heparin-binding epidermal growth factor. ITGAV and ITGB3:αvβ3 integrin. SPP1: osteopontin.