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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 24.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Mar 7;199(1):52.e1–52.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.11.068

Table IV.

Percent of cultures that yielded each number of microorganisms. These are row percents. p-values as determined by Chi-square for linear trend. N is the total number of samples for each row.

Initiator of delivery Route of delivery Number microorganisms/placenta
0 1 2 3+ N p-value
Labor Vaginal 33 20 14 33 284 ≤.0005
Labor CS 55 29 9 7 321 ≤.0005
Preeclampsia CS 76 20 3 1 174 ≤.0005