Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Vaginal microbiome and sexually-transmitted pathogens in Chinese reproductive-age women: a multicentre cross-sectional and longitudinal cohort study

 

STI negative

(N = 3712)

STI positive

(N = 2505)

p value

Age, years (mean (SD))

36.70 (7.14)

35.66 (7.63)

1.32−7

BMI, kg/m2 (mean (SD))

22.23 (3.08)

21.81 (3.01)

1.53−7

Ethnic minority (%)

184 (5.9)

142 (6.6)

0.37

Education (%)

  

1.23−5

College

1369 (51.5)

855 (46.0)

 

High School

1190 (44.8)

893 (48.0)

 

Primary or lower

97 (3.7)

112 (6.0)

 

Birth control (%)

  

4.19−6

No birth control

413 (15.8)

377 (20.9)

 

IUD

301 (11.5)

194 (10.7)

 

Pills

51 (1.9)

58 (3.2)

 

Condom

1851 (70.8)

1178 (65.2)

 

TCT abnormal (%)

97 (3.5)

353 (18.2)

6.35−63

  1. p values were calculated using Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous variables and chi-square test for categorical variables. Two-side statistical test was applied.
  2. STI sexually transmitted infection, SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index, IUD intrauterine device, TCT ThinPrep Cytology Test.
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