TABLE 1.
Clinical characteristics of the participants in the two groups whose samples were submitted for 16S rRNA gene sequencing of the vaginal microbiota
| Clinical characteristics | Value |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIF group (n = 27) | Control group (n = 40) | ||
| Age (yrs) | 33.4 ± 3.7 | 32.0 ± 4.0 | 0.213 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 20.9 ± 3.4 | 22.3 ± 7.6 | 0.102 |
| AMH (ng/ml) | 3.0 ± 1.9 | 4.4 ± 3.8 | 0.101 |
| Duration of infertility (yrs) | 4.5 ± 3.0 | 3.7 ± 2. 7 | 0.068 |
| Endometrial thickness (mm) | 11.5 ± 1.8 | 12.1 ± 2.2 | 0.162 |
| No. of oocytes | 12.7 ± 5.9 | 12.2 ± 5.5 | 0.734 |
| No. of embryos | 9.7 ± 5.0 | 9.7 ± 4.4 | 0.847 |
| No. of high-quality embryos | 2.9 ± 2.1 | 2.8 ± 2.5 | 0.568 |
| No. of embryos transferred | 1. 9 ± 0.4 | 2.1 ± 0.4 | 0.044 |
| No. of high-quality embryos transferred | 1.3 ± 0.5 | 1.3 ± 0.9 | 0.576 |