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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Cell. 2023 Oct 19;41(11):1945–1962.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2023.09.012

Table 2.

Pathologic and clinical variables associated with the presence of tumoral L. iners (N=96).

Tumor L. Iners Status
Variable L. iners − (N=52) L. iners + (N=44)
N (%)
Mean (SD)
N (%)
Mean (SD)
p-valuea
Institution 0.07
LBJ Hospitalb 15 (29) 6 (14)
MDACCc 37 (71) 38 (86)
Age (years) 47.1 (9) 43.0 (11) 0.06
Race 0.21
Black/Asian/Other 6 (12) 6 (14)
Hispanic 27 (52) 15 (34)
White 19 (37) 23 (52)
BMId (kg/m2) 30.2 (6) 28.9 (7) 0.34
Smoking Status 0.61
Never 32 (62) 26 (59)
Former 14 (27) 15 (34)
Current 6 (12) 3 (7)
Histology 0.50
Non-squamouse 10 (19) 11 (25)
Squamous 42 (81) 33 (75)
LVSI f 0.80
No 12 (23) 9 (21)
Yes 3 (6) 4 (9)
Unknown 37 (71) 31 (70)
FIGO 2009 Stage g 0.37
I-II 26 (50) 26 (59)
III-IV 26 (50) 18 (41)
Grade 0.08
Indeterminate/ Unknown 7 (14) 11 (25)
1 6 (12) 1 (2)
2 25 (48) 15 (34)
3 14 (27) 17 (39)
HPV Genotype 0.11
HPV 16/18 35 (71) 24 (56)
Negative/Other 14 (29) 19 (44)
Cisplatin Cycles 5.0 (1) 5.0 (1) 0.92
Antibiotic Use h 0.12
No 36 (69) 23 (54)
Yes 16 (31) 20 (47)
Nodal Status 0.98
Negative/Unknown 20 (38) 17 (39)
Positive 32 (62) 27 (61)
Tumor Dimension (cm) 5.5 (2) 5.1 (2) 0.38
Faith's PDi (Gut) 12.1 (3) 12.7 (3) 0.30
Fisher's Alpha (Gut) 20.5 (9) 23.0 (8) 0.17
Observed Features (Gut) 150.8 (61) 166.4 (58) 0.22
Pielou's Evenness (Gut) 0.7 (0) 0.7 (0) 0.23
Shannon Diversity (Gut) 5.0 (1) 5.2 (1) 0.15
Simpson's Evenness (Gut) 0.1 (0) 0.1 (0) 0.53
Simpson Diversity (Gut) 0.9 (0) 0.9 (0) 0.36
a

Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables. T-test for continuous variables.

b

Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, Harris Health System, Houston TX.

c

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX.

d

Body mass index.

e

Adenocarcinoma and adenosquamous carcinoma.

f

Lymphovascular space invasion.

g

The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

h

Antibiotic use within 30 days of baseline swab collection extracted from inpatient and outpatient pharmacy and electronic medical record data, antifungals not included.