Potential contribution of the uterine microbiome in the development of endometrial cancer

Table 5 Correlation between the detection of Atopobium vaginae and Porphyromonas sp. and vaginal pH with disease status

Benign	pH	A. vaginae	Porphyromonas sp.	A*P	A or P + pH
B02	Normal	Positive	Negative	Negative	Negative
B04	Normal	Negative	Negative	Negative	Negative
B05	Normal	Negative	Negative	Negative	Negative
B09	Normal	Negative	Negative	Negative	Negative
B24	Normal	Negative	Negative	Negative	Negative
B25	High	Positive	Negative	Negative	Positive
B26	High	Negative	Positive	Negative	Positive
B27	High	Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive
B30	Normal	Negative	Negative	Negative	Negative
B32	High	Positive	Negative	Negative	Positive
Cancer	pH	A. vaginae	Porphyromonas sp.	A*P	A or P + pH
EC06	High	Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive
EC10	High	Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive
EC11	High	Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive
EC12	High	Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive
EC13	Normal	Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive
EC14	Normal	Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive
EC15	Normal	Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive
EC19	High	Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive
EC22	Normal	Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive
EC28	High	Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive
EC31	High	Positive	Negative	Negative	Positive
EC42	High	Positive	Negative	Negative	Positive
EC54	High	Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive
EC62	NA	Negative	Positive	Negative	NA
EC65	High	Positive	Negative	Negative	Positive
Hyperplasia	pH	A. vaginae	Porphyromonas sp.	A*P	A or P + pH
H07	High	Negative	Negative	Negative	Negative
H08	High	Negative	Negative	Negative	Negative
H63	Normal	Negative	Positive	Negative	Negative
H72	Normal	Positive	Negative	Negative	Negative

Correlation between the vaginal/cervical detection of Atopobium vaginae and Porphyromonas sp. (positive = detected/negative = undetected) and vaginal pH measurement (normal ≤ 4.5; high > 5) with disease status

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