TABLE 2 .
Relationship between abundance of penile anaerobes and risk of having greater number of proinflammatory cytokines present at detected levels in the coronal sulcus in the case-control study
| Anaerobe | AdjOR (95% CI)a |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cytokine vs 0 cytokine |
2 cytokines vs 0 cytokine |
3 or more cytokines vs 0 cytokine |
|
| Gram-negative | |||
| Prevotella | 1.91 (1.42, 2.57) | 1.66 (1.19, 2.33) | 4.75 (2.35, 9.62) |
| Porphyromonas | 1.78 (1.35, 2.35) | 1.39 (1.03, 1.89) | 2.03 (1.29, 3.21) |
| Dialister | 1.62 (1.27, 2.06) | 1.54 (1.15, 2.05) | 3.22 (1.86, 5.59) |
| Negativicoccus | 1.15 (0.99, 1.35) | 0.99 (0.84, 1.18) | 1.18 (0.92, 1.52) |
| Mobiluncus | 1.45 (1.21, 1.73) | 1.16 (0.96, 1.39) | 1.28 (1.00, 1.64) |
| Gram-positive | |||
| Finegoldia | 1.40 (1.00, 1.95) | 1.57 (1.03, 2.39) | 4.64 (2.11, 10.21) |
| Peptoniphilus | 1.89 (1.34, 2.68) | 1.59 (1.08, 2.36) | 2.70 (1.47, 4.97) |
| Anaerococcus | 1.55 (1.08, 2.21) | 1.30 (0.86, 1.95) | 2.80 (1.41, 5.58) |
| Murdochiella | 1.48 (1.19, 1.83) | 1.23 (1.00, 1.53) | 1.32 (0.97, 1.78) |
| Peptostreptococcus | 1.31 (1.10, 1.54) | 1.55 (1.22, 1.97) | 3.95 (2.17, 7.20) |
a
Adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval). The odds ratio was adjusted for age, marital status, number of extramarital sexual partners, condom use, and genital discharge symptoms.