The safety and effectiveness of volumetric magnetic resonance-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids: early clinical experience in China

Table 1 Patient demographics, number and type of fibroids

Variable	Category	Peking (N = 58)	Xi’an (N = 49)	Overall (N = 107)
Age (years)	Mean (SD)	45.1 (4.50)	43.9 (4.50)	44.5 (4.50)
Weight (kg)	Mean (SD)	62.2 (7.60)	58.5 (7.80)	60.5 (7.90)
BMI (kg/m²)	Mean (SD)	24 (2.40)	22.8 (2.60)	23.5 (2.60)
Ethnicity	Asian	57 (98.3 %)	49 (100 %)	106 (99.1 %)
Ethnicity	Caucasian	1 (1.7 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (0.9 %)
Number of fibroids	Total number	77	53	130
Number of fibroids	Mean (SD)	1.3 (0.50)	1.1 (0.30)	1.2 (0.50)
Type of fibroid	Intramural	42 (54.5 %)	45 (84.9 %)	87 (66.9 %)
	Submucosal	5 (6.5 %)	2 (3.8 %)	7 (5.4 %)
	Subserosal	30 (39.0 %)	6 (11.3 %)	27.7 %)

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