Characteristic | Best fruit | Median rating* | P-value† | Best alternatives |
Overall similarity | Dragon fruit | 3.5 | <0.001 | Kiwano horned melon or passion fruit |
Size | Dragon fruit | 3.5 | <0.001 | Kiwano horned melon or bell pepper |
Dilation | Papaya | 3.5 | 0.08 | Dragon fruit |
Aspiration | Dragon fruit | 4 | 0.001 | Kiwano horned melon or roma tomato |
Grittiness | Kiwano horned melon or dragon fruit | 3 | 0.38 | |
Perforation | Roma tomato or bell pepper or dragon fruit | 3 | 0.81 |
*Likert scale (0, strongly disagree to 4, strongly agree) comparing similarity of fruit to component of uterine aspiration procedure.
†P-value is calculated using approximative Kruskal–Wallis test.