BMC Microbiology

Table 3 Presence of species at baseline

From: Quantification of bacterial species of the vaginal microbiome in different groups of women, using nucleic acid amplification tests

	Healthy population	Clinic population^a		Pairwise comparisons
	BV = 0	BV = 0	BV = 1	HP vs. CPBVneg	HP vs. CPBVpos	CPBVneg vs. CPBVpos
	N = 30	N = 29	N = 12	HP vs. CPBVneg	HP vs. CPBVpos	CPBVneg vs. CPBVpos
	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	p-value	p-value	p-value
L. crispatus	23 (77)	23 (79)	5 (42)	1.000	0.067	0.029
L. iners	20 (67)	25 (86)	10 (83)	0.125	0.453	1.000
L. jensenii	17 (57)	15 (52)	3 (25)	0.796	0.091	0.171
L. gasseri	19 (63)	7 (24)	1 (8)	0.004	0.002	0.214
L. vaginalis	22 (73)	18 (62)	1 (8)	0.421	<0.001	0.002
G. vaginalis	10 (33)	20 (69)	12 (100)	0.009	<0.001	0.039
A. vaginae	4 (13)	8 (28)	11 (92)	0.209	<0.001	<0.001

All P-values from Fisher’s exact test; HP = Healthy population; CPBVneg = Clinic population women without BV; CPBVpos = Clinic population women with BV; vs. =versus; BV = 0 or Nugent scoring 0–3; BV = 1 or Nugent scoring 7–10.
^a STI clinic and HIV testing and counseling centre.

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