TABLE 3.

The Association Between Nugent-Assessed Bacterial Vaginosis and Fibroid Growth per 18 Months Among Fibroids from 382 Black Women with Growth Data for 1,181 Intervals of Growth

Bacterial Vaginosis	# Growth Measurementsa N=1,181	Adjusted Estimated Percent Difference in Growth / 18 Months (95% CI)b
		Model 1c	Model 2d	Model 3e
No	607	ref
Yes	574	−4% (−13, 6) c	−3% (−12, 6)	−5% (−13, 5)

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval

^aGrowth is modelled as the difference in the natural log volume from 1 visit to the next visit, scaled to 18 months

^bAn estimated difference in growth of −3% indicates that the average growth (volume change per 18 months) for fibroids from women with BV was 3% less than that for fibroids from women without BV

^cAdjusted for fibroid volume, fibroid number, and age at the beginning of the interval

^dAdjusted for fibroid volume, fibroid number, age at the beginning of the interval, years since depo medroxyprogesterone acetate use, income, and recent birth anchored at the end of the interval,

^eAdjusted for fibroid volume, fibroid number, age at the beginning of the interval, years since depo medroxyprogesterone acetate use, income, recent birth and number of cumulative births anchored at the end of the interval, age at menarche, smoking, oral contraceptive use, and BMI