Table 7 IgGFc-binding protein in cervical fluid from preterm prelabor rupture of membranes: the comparisons among the subgroups of the women with intra-amniotic infection, sterile intra-amniotic inflammation, colonization, and negative amniotic fluid.

From: IgGFc-binding protein in pregnancies complicated by spontaneous preterm delivery: a retrospective cohort study

 

Intra-amniotic infection

Sterile intra-amniotic inflammation

Colonization

Negative

Intra-amniotic infection

x

p = 0.0001

adj. p = 0.001

p < 0.0001

adj. p < 0.0001

p < 0.0001

adj. p < 0.0001

Sterile intra-amniotic inflammation

p = 0.0001

adj. p = 0.001

x

p = 0.28

adj. p = 0.76

p = 0.57

adj. p = 0.93

Colonization

p < 0.0001

adj. p = 0.0001

p = 0.28

adj. p = 0.76

x

p = 0.02

adj. p = 0.25

Negative

p < 0.0001

adj. p < 0.0001

p = 0.57

adj. p = 0.93

p = 0.02

adj. p = 0.25

x

  1. p-value: a comparison between two subgroups (a nonparametric Mann–Whitney U test); adj. p-value: a comparison between two subgroups after the adjustment for gestational age at sampling (a Spearman partial correlation).
  2. Statistically significant results are marked in bold.