TABLE 2.
Frequencies of bacterial CSTs between delivery groups (term and PTB)
| Vagitype | No. with characteristic/no. total (%) |
P valuea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (frequency) | Term delivery | Preterm delivery | ||
| CST I (L. crispatus) | 5/35 (14.3) | 5/27 (18.5) | 0/8 (0) | 0.563 |
| CST II (L. gasseri) | 3/35 (8.6) | 3/27 (11.1) | 0/8 (0) | 1.000 |
| CST III (L. iners) | 15/35 (42.9) | 15/27 (55.5) | 0/8 (0) | 0.086 |
| CST IV-A (L. johnsonii) | 1/35 (2.86) | 1/27 (3.70) | 0/8 (0) | 1.000 |
| CST IV-B | 11/35 (31.4) | 3/27 (11.1) | 8/8 (100) | 0.004 |
a
Fisher’s exact test significant at P < 0.05.