Table 6. . Baseline patient characteristics predictive of having >1 treatment courses during the follow-up period.

Baseline characteristic	Mean estimate†	Mean confidence limits		p-value
Age group vs 12–17 years
18–29 years	1.06	1.04	1.08	<.0001
30–39 years	1.06	1.03	1.08	<.0001
40–49 years	1.04	1.01	1.06	0.002
USA geographic region: other vs South	0.98	0.97	0.99	<.0001
Pregnancy any time during the baseline period: yes vs no	0.95	0.93	0.98	<.0001
Baseline CCI score group: ≥1 vs 0	1.01	1.00	1.03	.055
Baseline other GYN conditions: yes vs no
Any sexually transmitted infection	1.06	1.05	1.08	<.0001
Pelvic inflammatory disease	1.01	0.99	1.03	.41
Postprocedural gynecological infection	1.05	1.00	1.09	.03
Preterm labor/delivery	0.99	0.94	1.04	.59
Female infertility	0.97	0.95	1.00	.09

^†Mean estimate >1 indicates more treatment courses and <1 indicates lower number of treatment courses compared with the reference group.

BV: Bacterial vaginosis; CCI: Charlson Comorbidity Index; GYN: Gynecological.