Table 3.

The association of bacterial vaginosis (BV) with treated or untreated BV at the visit 3 months prior at all visits in a repeated measures analysis of 1027 women at high risk in Kampala, Uganda (2008–2011)

	Number of BV cases during follow-up n/N (%)	Unadjusted odds ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)*
Treatment for BV at visit 3 months prior (N=3046)†		p<0.001	p<0.001
No BV at previous visit	331/1106 (29.9%)	1	1
Intermediate Nugent score at previous visit	137/255 (54.7%)	2.72 (2.02 to 3.67)	2.42 (1.78 to 3.29)
Treated BV	616/853 (72.2%)	5.19 (3.98 to 6.75)	4.35 (3.34 to 5.66)
Untreated BV	611/832 (73.4%)	5.52 (4.23 to 7.21)	4.87 (3.74 to 6.34)

*BV adjusted for age, level of education, number of lifetime partners, frequency of condom use with clients, any use of alcohol, intravaginal insertion, HIV, herpes simplex virus-2, vaginal yeast, T. vaginalis, N. gonorrhoeae, syphilis, hormonal contraception/pregnancy (N=946, observations=4233).

†Observations excludes the enrolment, 18-month and 24-month visit.