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. 2021 Jun 29;11:671413. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.671413

Table 4.

Agreement between urogenital and vaginal microbiota composition measured by Cohen’s kappa statistic.

Categorical Analysis Group Urine Sample κ 95% CI p-value
5 levels: Reproductive-age RC 0.85 0.75-0.94 <0.0001
CSTs I, II, III, IV, V Reproductive-age CC 0.81 0.71-0.90 <0.0001
Peri/post-menopausal RC 0.64 0.31-0.97 <0.001
7 levels: Reproductive-age RC 0.77 0.67-0.87 <0.0001
CSTs I, II, III, IV-A, IV-B, IV-C, V Reproductive-age CC 0.74 0.64-0.85 <0.0001
Peri/post-menopausal RC 0.69 0.41-0.97 <0.0001
2 levels: Reproductive-age RC 0.86 0.75-0.97 <0.0001
Lactobacillus-dominated and low-Lactobacillus Reproductive-age CC 0.81 0.67-0.94 <0.001
Peri/post-menopausal RC 0.69 0.30-1.00 0.01