Table 4.

Analysis of Antimicrobials in Bacterial Vaginosis (BV)-Negative and BV-Positive Cervical-Vaginal Lavages

Antimicrobial	CVL from BV− women pg/ml±SEM	CVL from BV+ women pg/ml±SEM	p-value
HBD2	252,642±60,765	124,132±41,823	0.09
SLPI	71,340±11,515	40,544±8,992	0.05
MIP-3α	204±128	208.9±154	0.83
Trappin-2/elafin	25,388±3,027	20,019±2,781	0.22

Antimicrobial levels measured in CVL from BV-positive women are lower than in CVL from BV-negative women although not statistically significant. The p-values were calculated using a two-tailed unpaired t test and a p-value < 0.05 was considered significant.