Transition of the genital mollicutes from the second to the third trimester of pregnancy and its association with adverse pregnancy outcomes in GDM women: a prospective, single-center cohort study from China

Table 3 Association of different genital Mollicutes infection statuses in the second and the third trimester with adverse pregnancy outcomes

Groups	Normal pregnancy outcomes No. (%)	Adverse pregnancy outcomes No. (%)	χ²	P
Genital Mollicutes infection
(-/-)	117 (61.26)	74 (38.74)	0.82	0.84
(+/-)	42 (64.62)	23 (35.38)
(-/+)	61 (64.21)	34 (35.79)
(+/+)	54 (66.67)	27 (33.33)
**Ureaplasma urealyticuminfection**
(-/-)	124 (62.63)	74 (37.37)	0.18	0.98
(+/-)	42 (64.62)	23 (35.38)
(-/+)	58 (63.04)	34 (36.96)
(+/+)	50 (64.94)	27 (35.06)
**Mycoplasma hominisinfection**
(-/-)	260 (62.50)	156 (37.50)	-	0.21^a
(+/-)	3 (75.00)	1 (25.00)
(-/+)	9 (90.00)	1 (10.00)
(+/+)	2 (100.00)	0 (0.00)

^a Fisher exact test were used. Participants were grouped based on the second and third trimester infection status as: uninfected in either trimester (-/-), merely infected in the second trimester (+/-), merely infected in the third trimester (-/+), infected in both trimesters (+/+)

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