Table 6 Association between the presence of each opportunistic pathogen evaluated in this study on vaginal infection.

From: Vaginal microbiota evaluation and prevalence of key pathogens in ecuadorian women: an epidemiologic analysis

Opportunistic pathogen

P-value

OR

95% CI

Adjusted P-value

Atopobium vaginae

0.003**

2.03

1.28–3.23

0.006**

Mobiluncus mulieris

0.000***

20.76

4.51–95.45

0.000***

Gardnerella spp.

0.000***

2.34

1.47–3.73

0.000***

Escherichia coli

0.027*

2.03

1.08–3.79

0.041*

Enterococcus faecalis

0.722

1.35

0.26–7.08

0.722

Candida albicans

0.047*

4.63

1.02–21.06

0.056

  1. Univariable logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine how different opportunistic pathogens (independent variables) were associated with the presence of vaginal infection (dependent variable). The absence of each pathogen was used as reference for this statistical analysis. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) obtained as measurements of relative risks and the assessments of independent risk factors for vaginal infection establishment. A value of P < 0.05 and 95% confidence intervals were considered significant for the test: *P ≤ 0.05; **P ≤ 0.01; ***P ≤ 0.001. All initial values of P < 0.05 obtained by univariable logistic regression analyses were then evaluated through Benjamini–Hochberg (BH) adjustment to detect false discovery rate (FDR) for conducting multiple comparisons. These P-values evaluated by BH adjustment were illustrated in the table as adjusted P-values.
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