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Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2025 Mar 14;52(10):e71–e73. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000002158

Table 1:

Odds of any bacterial vaginosis and individual Amsel criteria after versus before exposure to lubricant during TVUS in 80 reproductive-age women.

		Present at post-TVUS follow-up
	Present at baseline	No	Yes	OR	95% CI	p-value^††
Amsel-BV	No (%)	59 (87%)	9 (13%)	Ref	-	-
Amsel-BV	Yes (%)	1 (8%)	11 (92%)	5.88	1.22 – 28.23	0.03
Discharge	No (%)	58 (89%)	7 (11%)	Ref	-	-
Discharge	Yes (%)	3 (20%)	12 (80%)	2.16	0.60 – 7.78	0.23
pH > 4.5 ^†	No (%)	47 (85%)	8 (15%)	Ref	-	-
pH > 4.5 ^†	Yes (%)	4 (16%)	21 (84%)	2.09	0.46 – 9.43	0.33
Whiff positive	No (%)	60 (88%)	8 (12%)	Ref	-	-
Whiff positive	Yes (%)	1 (8%)	11 (92%)	5.01	1.06 – 23.62	0.04
Clue cells	No (%)	59 (89%)	7 (11%)	Ref	-	-
Clue cells	Yes (%)	1 (7%)	13 (93%)	4.13	0.89 – 19.07	0.07

^†

Adjusted for same-day menses

^††

From generalized linear mixed effects modeling