Table 3. Coefficients for multiple linear regression model of BV-associated bacteria and attributes.

Included in the analysis are data from 418 subjects: 296 African American and 122 European ancestry. Baseline levels for categorical variables are excluded. Demographic information about the included subjects is listed in Table S2.

Attribute	Coefficient estimate	t statistic	P
Ethnicity (European ancestry)	−25.8	−5.29	<0.0001
BMI	−0.321	−1.33	0.18
Yogurt past week (<1)	−0.287	−0.074	0.94
Current smoker (Yes)	6.16	1.53	0.13
Income (<$20k)	−2.16	−0.491	0.62
Alcohol past week (>0)	−11.3	−2.67	0.0079
Sexual partners in last year = 1	2.82	0.25	0.80
Sexual partners in last year >1	10.9	0.942	0.35
Pregnant (No)	7.61	1.52	0.13
Time since douche <1 month	0.522	0.096	0.92