Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of couples included in analyses.
| Characteristics | Couples with meatal samples, N = 168 | Couples with glans/coronal sulcus samples∧, N = 78 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men n (%) | Women n (%) | Men n (%) | Women n (%) | |
| Bacterial vaginosis (BV) status at follow-up | ||||
| Persistent negative | 116 (69.0) | 54 (69.2) | ||
| Incident | 52 (31.0) | 24 (30.8) | ||
| Nugent score at baseline | ||||
| 0–3 | 142 (84.5) | 69 (88.5) | ||
| 4–6 | 26 (15.5) | 9 (11.5) | ||
| Time in months to first incident BV, among women with Nugent score 0–3 at baseline | ||||
| 1 month | 13 (35.1) | 4 (20.0) | ||
| 6 months | 16 (43.2) | 10 (50.0) | ||
| 12 months | 8 (21.6) | 6 (30.0) | ||
| Time in months to first incident BV, among women with Nugent score 4–6 at baseline | ||||
| 1 month | 10 (66.7) | 4 (100) | ||
| 6 months | 4 (26.7) | |||
| 12 months | 1 (6.7) | |||
| Male partner circumcision status | ||||
| Circumcised Incident BV in• female partner | 99 (58.9) | 26 (26.3) | 52 (66.7) | 14 (26.9) |
| Uncircumcised Incident BV in• female partner | 69 (41.1) | 26 (37.3) | 26 (33.3) | 10 (38.5) |
| Median age, years (IQR) | 27 (24–30) | 23 (20–25) | 27.5 (25–31) | 24 (21–26) |
| Number of sex partners past 6 months | ||||
| 1 | 132 (79.0) | 163 (98.8) | 56 (71.8) | 76 (98.7) |
| 2 or more | 35 (21.0) | 2 (1.2) | 22 (28.2) | 1 (1.3) |
| Missing | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Condom used at last sex | 28 (16.7) | 28 (16.7) | 14 (18.0) | 14 (18.0) |
∧
The 78 couples in which glans/coronal sulcus sample is available from men are a subset of the 168 couples.