Table 2b.

Vaginal C-reactive protein and Cytokine Concentrations According to CST Category.

Vaginal Measure	Non-iners Lactobacillus (CST I, II, V) N = 71	Lactobacillusiners (CST III) N = 151	Diverse (CST IV) N = 214
	p-value1
Interferon-γ
Non-iners Lactobacillus	–	1.0	0.256
Lactobacillus iners	1.0	–	0.073
Diverse	0.256	0.073	–
Interleukin-6
Non-iners Lactobacillus	–	0.142	0.0001
Lactobacillus iners	0.142	–	0.006
Diverse	0.0001	0.006	–
Interleukin-10
Non-iners Lactobacillus	–	1.0	0.239
Lactobacillus iners	1.0	–	0.005
Diverse	0.239	0.005	–
TNF- α
Non-iners Lactobacillus	–	0.797	0.0001
Lactobacillus iners	0.797	–	0.0001
Diverse	0.0001	0.0001	–
C-reactive protein
Non-iners Lactobacillus	–	0.004	0.0001
Lactobacillus iners	0.004	–	0.0001
Diverse	0.0001	0.0001	–

¹p-value for t-test with Bonferroni correction; bold indicates statistical significance for α = 0.05.