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Table 1 Demographic, birth and lifestyle characteristics of women in the studya

From: Ureaplasma parvum genotype, combined vaginal colonisation with Candida albicans, and spontaneous preterm birth in an Australian cohort of pregnant women

Demographic and birth

n = 191

 Maternal age (y)

30 (26–33;18–43)

 Caucasian

119 (62 %)

 GA at birth

39 (38–40; 26–42)

 GA <37 weeks

17 (9 %)

 Birthweight (g)

3435 (3080–3733;690–4794)

 Gender male

92 (48 %)

Lifestyle and medication

n = 189

 Current antibiotic, antifungal or probiotic medication

8 (4 %)

 UTI diagnosis ever

75 (40 %)

 Thrush diagnosis ever

91 (48 %)

  Thrush > 2 times

12 (13 %)

 Current smoker

21 (11 %)

  Smoke >10/day

5 (3 %)

 Previous smoker

50 (27 %)

  Smoke >10–20/day

13 (7 %)

  Smoke >20/day

5 (3 %)

 Current alcohol

4 (2 %)

   ≥ 5 drinks/week

1 (0.5 %)

 Previous alcohol

108 (57 %)

   < 1 drink/week

17 (9 %)

  1–4 drinks/week

64 (34 %)

   ≥ 5 drinks per wk

18 (9 %)

 Current sexual intercourse

 

   < 1 week

42 (23 %)

  1–2 times/week

96 (52 %)

   ≥ 3 times/week

48 (26 %)

  1. y years, GA gestational age, wk weeks, g grams
  2. aData represents median (interquartile range; range) or N (%), as appropriate