Table 3.

Ad Hoc Analysis of the Presence and Concentration of Vaginal Lactobacilli, Other Cervicovaginal Microbiota, and Sexually Transmitted Infection in Participants With a Moderate to High Concentration of Schistosoma DNA (Ct < 35) Compared With FGS-Negative Participants

Organism	No. (%) and Concentrationa	FGS Negative (n = 158)	FGS With Ct < 35 (n = 16)	P Valueb
L. crispatus	Presence	49 (31.0)	6 (37.5)	.60
	Median (IQR)	1.1×107 (2.6×105–7.0×108)	1.2×106 (3.0×105–2.0×107)	.28
	Log-concentration mean	16.38	14.27	.19
L. iners	Presence	113 (71.5)	11 (68.75)	.82
	Median (IQR)	2.8×108 (3.9×107–1.6×109)	7.5×107 (3.6×106–7.5×108)	.30
	Log-concentration mean	18.98	17.86	.21
G. vaginalis	Presence	115 (72.8)	13 (81.3)	.46
	Median (IQR)	8.1×106 (7.7×105–4.8×107)	1.5×107 (3.8×106–3.1×108)	.11
	Log-concentration mean	15.74	17.45	.03
A. vaginae	Presence	112 (70.9)	13 (81.3)	.38
	Median (IQR)	5.8×107 (8.7×106–2.0×108)	1.6×108 (1.6×107–2.8×108)	.70
	Log-concentration mean	17.33	17.38	.95
T. vaginalis	Presence	34 (21.5)	8 (50.0)	.01
	Median (IQR)	1.7×105 (56.9–6.3×106)	8085.0 (5210.0–1.0×106)	.56
	Log-concentration mean	10.88	10.09	.70
Vaginal microbiota with prevalence <20%
N. gonorrheae	Presence	12 (7.6)	0 (0.0)	.61
C. trachomatis	Presence	13 (8.2)	2 (12.5)	.63
M. genitalium	Presence	7 (4.4)	0 (0.0)	1.0
C. albicans	Presence	8 (5.1)	2 (12.5)	.23

Abbreviations: Ct, cycle threshold; FGS, female genital schistosomiasis; IQR, interquartile range.

^aConcentrations are expressed in genome equivalents/mL.

^bFor species with >20% prevalence, P values for presence, median (IQR), and log-concentration mean are from the chi-square test, rank-sum test, and t test, respectively. For species with <20% prevalence, P values for presence are from the Fisher exact test.