Table 5.
VS-SENSE test and vaginal pH values according to the lactobacillary grade (LBG) determined by microscopic evaluation of fresh vaginal smears. Differences according to Kruscal-wallis test.
| Case (n = 45) | Control (n = 45) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow | Green | Blue | Yellow | Blue | ||||||
| LBG | n (%) | pH* | n (%) | pH* n (%) | pH* | n (%) | pH* | n (%) | pH* | |
| 0 | 0 | 2 (9.1) | 5,5 ± 0,2 | 1 (6.7) | 5,6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| I | 0 | 1 (4.6) | 4,8 | 1(6.7) | 5,3 | 35 (79,5) | 3,9 ± 0,3 | 1 (100.0) | 3,8 | |
| lIa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (4,6) | 4,1 | 0 | ||||
| Ilb | 4 (50,0) | 5,0 ± 0,3 | 5 (22,7) | 5,3 ± 0,5 | 0 | 6 (13,6) | 4,2 ± 0,3 | 0 | ||
| Ill | 4 (50,0) | 4,8 ± 0,3 | 14 (63,6) | 5,2 ± 0,4 | 13 (86.6) | 5,6 ± 0,4 | 1 (2,3) | 4,2 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 (17,8) | 5,0 ± 0,4a | 22 (48,9) | 5,2 ± 0,4b | 15 (33,3) | 5,6 ± 0,4c | 44 (97,8) | 3,9 ± 0,3 | 1 (2,2) | 3,8 |
*pH values expressed in mean ± sd.
a versus b: P = .234.
b versus c: P = .005.
a versus c: P = .004.