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Table 6 Positive margin rate and residual disease in post- and pre-menopausal patients

From: The effectiveness of cold-knife conization (CKC) for post-menopausal women with cervical high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion: a retrospective study

 

Post-menopausal patients, n (%)

Pre-menopausal patients, n (%)

χ2

P-value

Overall positive margin rate

31 (25.83%)

30 (12.50%)

10.106

0.001

Positive endocervical margin rate

20 (16.67%)

11 (4.58%)

14.843

P < 0.001

Positive ectocervical margin rate

11 (9.16%)

19 (7.92%)

0.164

0.686

Residual disease

14 (28.57%)

20 (33.33%)

0.285

0.593

Residual disease of positive margin

12 (41.38%)a

14 (60.87%)b

1.949

0.163

Residual disease of negative margin

2 (10.00%)

6 (16.22%)

  
  1. aResidual disease of positive margin vs. negative margin in the post-menopausal patients: χ2 = 5.711, P = 0.017
  2. bResidual disease of positive margin vs. negative margin in the pre-menopausal patients: χ2 = 12.726, P < 0.001