SPTB and tuberculosis: There were no significant differences between the characteristics of the PTB and TB groups, except for the history of sPTB, white blood cell (WBC) count, cervical length (CL), gestational age at sampling (GAS), gestational age at birth (GAB), birth weight, appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, respiration (APGAR) score, and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission rate (P < 0.001, Table 1).