Figure 2. The effect of sexual intercourse and vaginal microbiology status on VDBP concentration.

(A) Unprotected sexual intercourse within 48 h of CVF collection did not affect the VDBP concentration in women who delivered either term (P = 0.237) or preterm (P = 0.406, 2-way ANOVA). (B) The microbiology status of women with subsequent preterm or term labour did not affect the VDBP concentration. Within each labour group, VDBP was not significantly different between women with normal vaginal flora, Group B Streptococcus (GBS) colonisation, Candida spp. colonisation, Ureaplasma spp. colonisation, and women with mixed colonisation (Term: P = 0.478, Preterm: P = 0.557; 2-way ANOVA). The box and whisker plots represent the median and interquartile range with the 5^th and 95^th centile range. Outliers are represented by open circles.