Table 2.

Community state type in term birth and preterm birth samples

Community State Types (CSTs)	Dominant CST taxa	PTB-T1 (% of individuals)	TB-T1 (% of individuals)	p value	PTB-T2 (% of individuals)	TB-T2 (% of individuals)	p value	PTB-T3 (% of individuals)	TB-T3 (% of individuals)	p value
CST-I	Lactobacillus crispatus	19%	36%	0.006	37%	39%	0.88	29%	46%	0.09
CST-II	Lactobacillus gasseri	2%	3%	0.999	2%	2%	0.924	3%	2%	0.693
CST-III	Lactobacillus iners	61%	40%	0.015	54%	43%	0.15	52%	40%	0.11
CST-IV	Non-Lactobacillus	16%	14%	0.88	4%	7%	0.53	14%	6%	0.009
L. johnsonii CST	Lactobacillus johnsonii	0%	4%	0.170	0%	2%	0.375	0%	2%	0.623
L. jensenii CST	Lactobacillus jensenii	0%	1%	1	0%	3%	0.225	0%	2%	0.356
L. mulieris CST	Lactobacillus mulieris	2%	2%	0.580	3%	4%	0.294	2%	2%	0.667

p value less than 0.05 is mentioned in bold font.