Table 5.
The cervical microbiota in the LEEP group and the Reference group
| LEEP group N = 89 |
Reference group N = 100 |
Unadjusted1 | Adjusted2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacteria | n | % | n | % | OR | CI | p | OR | CI | p |
| Bacteroides spp | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ∞ | 0.005 | ∞ | 0.008 | ||
| Chlamydia trachomatis | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 0.4–33.8 | 0.34 | 2.3 | 0.2–26.0 | 0.52 |
| Escherichia.coli | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.1–1.6 | 0.26 | 0.3 | 0.1–1.4 | 0.12 |
| Gardnerella vaginalis | 28 | 32 | 9 | 9 | 4.6 | 2.1–10.5 | <.001 | 3.5 | 1.4–9.0 | 0.009 |
| Mycoplasma hominis | 17 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 7.6 | 2.2–27.0 | 0.001 | 2.4 | 0.6–9.5 | 0.21 |
| Streptococcus spp | 12 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1.4 | 0.6–3.4 | 0.50 | 1.9 | 0.7–5.5 | 0.24 |
| Ureaplasma parvum | 41 | 46 | 16 | 16 | 4.5 | 2.3–8.8 | <.001 | 3.9 | 1.6–9.3 | 0.002 |
| Ureaplasma urealyticum | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3.6 | 1.0–13.9 | 0.07 | 2.2 | 0.5–10.5 | 0.32 |
| Lactobacillus spp | 32 | 36 | 39 | 39 | 0.9 | 0.5–1.6 | 0.76 | 0.8 | 0.4–1.7 | 0.58 |
| any non-Lactobacillus | 59 | 66 | 41 | 41 | 2.8 | 1.6–5.1 | 0.001 | 2.2 | 1.1–4.5 | 0.03 |
1Fisher’s exact test
2Logistic regression adjusted for Marital status, Hormonal Contraceptive Use, Smoking and Age. 188 cases analysed, 1 missing case in the reference group because of missing data on smoking
Abbreviations; CI Confidence Interval, LEEP Loop Electrosurgical Excisional Procedure, N numbers, OR Odds Ratio