Table 1. Description of changes in variables before (T0) and after treatment (T5).

Variable	Difference to the initial value	Standard deviation	95% CI		p
pH	-1.24	0.99	-1.59	-0.89	<0.0001
Type of flora	-0.88	0.89	-1.20	-0.56	<0.0001
Lactobacillus	38.64	39.57	24.60	52.67	<0.0001
Parabasal cells	-9.00	15.58	-14.52	-3.48	0.0023
Intermediate cells	4.88	15.32	-0.55	10.31	0.077
Superficial cells	4.15	6.32	1.91	6.39	0.0007
VHI	9.33	5.94	7.23	11.44	<0.0001

*Paired T-test.