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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2016 Dec;43(12):750–755. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000531

Table 4.

Unadjusted associations between IVP profile and hr-HPV, BV, and HSV-2

hr-HPV BV HSV-2

PR (95% CI) PR (95% CI) PR (95% CI)
Higha frequency soap/High frequency cotton, cloth, tissue Ref Ref Ref
High frequency soap/ Lowb frequency cotton, cloth, tissue 0.54 (0.18, 1.66) 0.92 (0.55, 1.55) 0.88 (0.53,1.48)
Low frequency soap/ High frequency cotton, cloth tissue 0.51 (0.26, 0.98) 0.96 (0.69, 1.33) 0.75 (0.53, 0.94)
Low frequency soap/ Low frequency cotton, cloth or tissue 0.65 (0.32, 1.33) 0.67 (0.42, 1.04) 0.89 (0.61, 1.28)
None 0.68 (0.19, 2.51) 0.58 (0.22, 1.52) 0.55 (0.21, 1.45)

hr-HPV= high-risk human papillomavirus; BV= bacterial vaginosis; HSV2= herpes simplex virus type 2

a

High frequency is defined as > 1/day

b

Low frequency is defined as ≤ 1/day