Table 1.
Patient demographic and clinical information.
| All Women, n (%) |
Stratification by Cervical Length (<25 mm) |
p-Value (Chi Square Test) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–10 mm | 11–20 mm | 21–24 mm | |||
| N. of enrolled women at risk of sPTB | 46 (100%) | 15 (32.6%) | 25 (54.3%) | 6 (13%) | |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Caucasian | 44 (95.7%) | 15 (100%) | 23 (92%) | 6 (100%) | |
| Asian | 1 (2.2%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (4%) | 0 (0%) | |
| North-African (Morocco) | 1 (2.2%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (4%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Age at sampling (years); | |||||
| mean ± SD | 34.2 ± 6.7 | 34.1 ± 6.5 | 34.7 ± 7.1 | 32.2 ± 6.4 | |
| Gestational age at sampling (weeks); | |||||
| mean ± SD | 27.6 ± 2 | 27.9 ± 2.2 | 27.6 ± 2.1 | 26.8 ± 1.5 | |
| Pregnancy complications | |||||
| Vaginal infection 1 | 11 (23.9%) | 5 (33.3%) | 4 (16%) | 1 (16.6%) | 0.415 |
| GDM | 10 (21.7%) | 1 (6.66%) | 7 (28%) | 2 (33.3%) | 0.217 |
1 Vaginal infections included yeast infection and bacterial vaginosis (such as Streptococcus, Gardnerella, Ureaplasma, Klebsiella and Citrobacter). These infections were diagnosed at a later gestational age than enrolment and sample collection, when the patient reported vaginal symptoms. sPTB, Spontaneous preterm birth; GDM, gestational diabetes mellitus