Table 1.

Baseline data (N = 117).

	n / (%)
Age
30 or below	58 (50)
31 to 60	46 (39)
61 or older	13 (11)
History of vaginal deliveries
Nulliparous	75 (64)
Body-mass index (self-reported)
Below 25	93 (79)
25–30	16 (14)
30 or above	8 (7)
Duration of symptoms
Less than 4 days	55 (47)
Between 4 and 6 days	15 (13)
7 days or more	47 (40)
Urine incubation time in bladder
1 hour or less	69 (59)
1–4 hours	41 (35)
4 hours or more	7 (6)
Days since latest shower
0	65 (56)
1 or more	52 (44)
Genital hair removal
All removed	45 (38)
Some removed	18 (15)
Nothing removed	54 (46)
Reference culture result
Significant growth (positive sample)	52 (44)
E. coli – out of total *	41 (35)

^*Of the 52 positive samples, 79% were due to E.coli.