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. 2011 Jul 15;204(2):323–326. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jir241

Table 1.

Frequency of a Healthy Vaginal Environment and Sustained Vaginal Health by Study Arm

Occurrences Rate per 100 person-years (95% CI) Hazard ratio (95% CI)
Healthy vaginal environmenta
All women
Intervention (n = 151) 815 608 (568–652) 1.36 (1.17–1.58)
Placebo (n = 151) 635 454 (420–491) 1.0 (Reference)
Women with a healthy vaginal environment at enrollment
Intervention (n = 59) 365 676 (610–749) 0.99 (0.84–1.17)
Placebo (n = 47) 293 679 (605–761) 1.0 (Reference)
Women without a healthy vaginal environment at enrollment
Intervention (n = 92) 450 563 (513–617) 1.63 (1.32–2.02)
Placebo (n = 104) 342 354 (318–393) 1.0 (Reference)
Sustained vaginal health b
Intervention (n = 142) 86 102 (83–126) 1.69 (1.23–2.33)
Placebo (n = 142) 65 63 (49–80) 1.0 (Reference)

NOTE. CI, confidence interval.

a

Nugent score of 0–3 with no yeast on wet mount and no Trichomonas vaginalis on wet mount or culture.

b

Healthy vaginal environment at ≥3 consecutive follow-up visits.