Table 1 Frequencies of observed community state type across pregnancy and postpartum vaginal samples and generalized mixed effect model with subject-level random intercept exploring the association between CSTs and status (pregnancy and postpartum).

From: Lactobacillus crispatus thrives in pregnancy hormonal milieu in a Nigerian patient cohort

Vagitypes

Overall (frequency)

Pregnancy

Postpartum

p-values

CST I (L. crispatus)

17/87 (19.5%)

16/68 (23.5%)

1/19 (5.3%)

10.0E−01

CST II (L. gasseri)

3/87 (3.4%)

3/68 (4.4%)

0/19 (0%)

7.0E−02

CST III (L. iners)

31/87 (35.6%)

27/68 (39.7%)

4/19 (21.1%)

2.0E−02

CST IV

33/87 (40.2%)

19/68 (27.9%)

14/19 (73.7%)

5.6E−06

  1. The results indicate that the prevalence of CST-IV is significantly increased postpartum.
  2. Significant p-values are depicted in bold face.
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