Table 1.

Characteristics of study participants at baseline.

Characteristic	Total (N = 100)
Agea
≤28	52
>28	48
Country of Birthb
Australia	86
Other	14
Self-reported past history of BV
No	78
Yes	22
Douching (ever)c
No	79
Yes	20
Baseline sexual practices
Current regular FSP
Nod	28
Yes	72
Number of FSPs in previous 12 monthsa
≤1	60
>1	40
Ever had vaginal sex with a man
No	26
Yese	74
Community State Type (CST) at baseline
CST1-L. crispatus	41
CST2-Lactobacillus mixed	19
CST3-L. iners	30
CST4-G. vaginalis and diverse	3
CST5- anaerobic and diversef	7

Abbreviations: BV, bacterial vaginosis; FSP, female sexual partner;

^aContinuous variables dichotomised at median value.

^bn = 81 women reported Australian or English ethnicity, n = 11 reported a European ethnicity, n = 8 reported a non-European ethnicity (other ethnicities reported were Chinese, Malaysian/Indian, Indian, Israeli, Chilean).

^cData missing from one participant.

^dn = 6 women reported a current MSP (male sexual partner) at baseline.

^en = 47 women reported ≥ 1 MSP in previous 12 months.

^fThe top five most prevalent taxa in CST5: Dialister spp., Prevotella spp., G. vaginalis, L. iners and Peptoniphilus spp.