Table 3. . Estimated weights for individual components of the weighted quantile sum bacterial and cytokine indices associated with gestational age at delivery (n = 76).

Bacterial WQS index
Bacterial species/genus	Weight
Bacteroides	0.05
Gardnerella vaginalis	0.25
Mobiluncus	<0.00001
Mycoplasma	0.20
Ureaplasma urealyticum	0.49
Cytokine WQS index
Cytokine	Weight
IL-2	0.12
IL-6	0.23
IL-8	0.33
TNF	0.33

WQS: Weighted quantile sum.