Table 2.
Dietary intake and dietary carbohydrate indices among bacterial vaginosis cases and controls.
| Dietary factors∗ | BV women n = 144 |
Control women n = 151 |
P value† |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy intake (kcal/d) | 2481 (1985-2982) | 2223 (1845-2886) | 0.306 |
| Carbohydrate (g/d) | 325.7 (245.8-387.6) | 307.5 (240.5-373.7) | 0.463 |
| Protein (g/d) | 76.2 (67.1-90.9) | 80.8 (65.9-99.6) | 0.234 |
| Fat (g/d) | 99.9 (85.1-112.9) | 83.5 (69.4-99.5) | 0.022 |
| Dietary fiber (g/d) | 20.1 (17.1-25.8) | 23.8 (18.2-30.8) | 0.013 |
| Glycemic index | 61.24 (59.3-63.3) | 59.49 (57.3-61.8) | <0.001 |
| Glycemic load | 190.8 (144.6-234.9) | 162.0 (131.4-205.1) | 0.069 |
| Insulin index | 40.7 (39.2-42.3) | 41 (39.4-43.1) | 0.675 |
| Insulin load | 102381 (76224-121430) | 90321 (76072-112340) | 0.415 |
∗Values are median (Q1-Q3). †Based on Mann–Whitney test.