Table 1.
Description of 281 pregnant women recruited from September 2015 until July 2019 and followed for 1 year.
| Overall n = 281 | Mycoplasma (potentially with CT, NG, or TV) n = 51 | No CT, NG, TV or MG n = 230 | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years, mean (SD) | 23.3 (3.6) | 22.2 (3.2) | 23.5 (3.6) | 0.017 |
| Gestational age at enrollment (weeks), mean (SD) | 23.4 (10.6) | 24.1 (10.6) | 23.2 (10.7) | 0.580 |
| Prior pregnancies, mean (SD) | 1.5 (1.7) | 1.4 (1.7) | 1.5 (1.7) | 0.736 |
| History of STI, N (%) | 127 (45%) | 26 (51%) | 101 (44%) | 0.446 |
| STI Risk score (range 0 – 10), mean (SD)) | 4.0 (1.0) | 4.2 (0.9) | 3.9 (1.0) | 0.043 |
| Race, N (%) | < 0.001 | |||
| Black | 231 (82%) | 50 (98%) | 181 (79%) | |
| Other | 50 (18%) | 1 (2%) | 49 (21%) | |
| Education, N (%) | 0.216 | |||
| High school or less | 192 (68%) | 34 (67%) | 158 (69%) | |
| Some college | 66 (23%) | 16 (31%) | 50 (22%) | |
| College degree | 13 (5%) | 1 (2%) | 12 (5%) | |
| Post graduate | 10 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 10 (4%) | |
| Symptoms, N (%) | ||||
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| Vaginal discharge | 37 (13%) | 10 (20%) | 27 (12%) | 0.202 |
| Bleeding | 5 (2%) | 1 (2%) | 4 (2%) | 1.000 |
| Dysuria | 24 (9%) | 5 (10%) | 19 (8%) | 0.936 |
| Itching/irritation | 5 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (2%) | 0.589 |
| Dyspareunia | 13 (5%) | 2 (4%) | 11 (5%) | 1.000 |
| Abdominal pain | 15 (5%) | 4 (8%) | 11 (5%) | 0.487 |
| At least one symptom | 73 (26%) | 18 (35%) | 55 (24%) | 0.134 |
SD – standard deviation; STI – sexually transmitted infection; CT – Chlamydia trachomatis; NG - Neisseria gonorrhoeae; TV – Trichomonas vaginalis.