Table 8.

The vaginal microbiota composition at different sample points; P values.

Taxon name (genus)	Kruskal–Wallis test	Pairwise Wilcoxon test			Pairwise t-test
	Test groupa	Tampax Cup vs. Baseline	Other Cup vs. Baseline	Other Cup vs. Tampax Cup	Tampax Cup vs. Baseline	Other Cup vs. Baseline	Other Cup vs. Tampax Cup
Lactobacillus	0.98	0.35	0.29	0.12	0.39	0.40	0.99
Prevotella	0.84	0.48	0.32	0.47	0.19	0.21	0.87
Atopobium	0.85	0.22	0.24	0.86	0.92	0.70	0.74
Sneathia	0.99	0.70	1.00	0.64	0.45	0.66	0.72
Megasphaera	0.91	1.00	0.58	0.19	0.83	0.31	0.40
Streptococcus	0.34	0.42	0.71	0.14	0.81	0.31	0.36
Chlamydia	0.32	0.37	0.31	0.50	0.32	0.63	0.57
Veillonella	0.49	0.62	0.89	0.61	0.63	0.33	0.32
Ureaplasma	0.9	0.79	0.31	0.57	0.48	0.66	0.39

Individual bacteria genera with average relative abundance of >0.5% (characterised by 16S rRNA gene sequencing) were recorded in the vaginal swabs of women at baseline and within 72 h of use of either the Tampax Cup or the Other Cup.

^aThe Kruskal–Wallis test results compares vaginal microbiota composition results at baseline and after use of both the Tampax Cup and Other Cup to look for differences.