Table 1.

Participant characteristics and clinical data.

Characteristic	Value
Age (median years (IQR))	34.0 (30.0–34.0)
Ethnicity n(%)
Caucasian	15 (83)
Black	0
Asian	2 (11)
Latin	1 (6)
Other	0
Relationship Status n(%)
Married	14 (88)
Cohabiting	4 (22)
Single	0
BMI (median (IQR))	23 (20–24)
Smoking status n(%)
Smoker	2 (22)
Non smoker	16 (88)
Parity (median (IQR))	0 (0–1)
Intercourse in preceding 24 h n	0
Practice of vaginal douching n	0
Vaginal pH	4.1 (3.8–4.6)
Bacterial Vaginosis	4/18 women in totala
current n	8/50 samplesb
Candida	4/18 women in total
current n	5/50 samples
Preterm delivery n(%)	1 (5)

^aThese were different women to those in whom BV was identified.

^b50 corresponding vaginal microscopy samples were available.