Table 1.
Linear regression models* for the effect of pregnancy and bacterial vaginosis on log-transformed vaginal cytokine and SLPI concentrations.
| Coefficient | 95% Confidence Interval | P-value | |
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| Interleukin-1β | |||
| Pregnancy | 0.199 | (−0.019 to 0.416) | .07 |
| BV | 0.763 | (0.542 to 0.984) | <.001 |
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| Interleukin-6 | |||
| Pregnancy | 0.025 | (−0.139 to 0.189) | .76 |
| BV | 0.125 | (−0.041 to 0.291) | .14 |
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| Interleukin-8 | |||
| Pregnancy | 0.255 | (0.048 to 0.462) | .02 |
| BV | 0.216 | (0.006 to 0.426) | .04 |
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| SLPI** | |||
| Pregnancy | 0.408 | (0.280 to 0.537) | <.001 |
| BV | −0.397 | (−0.529 to −0.266) | <.001 |
*Models contain the analyte of interest as the dependent variable and covariates for BV, pregnancy, race (as an indicator variable), and age (as a continuous variable). **Restricted to women who were acid phosphatase negative.