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Table 1 Study participants, characteristics and demographics

From: Vaginal microbiome in women from Greenland assessed by microscopy and quantitative PCR

Age

Range

15-65 years

Median (50th percentile)

24 years

Lower quartile (25th percentile)

19

Upper quartile (75th percentile)

37

Inclusion town

N 1 (%)

Nuuk

83 (47%)

Sisimiut

94 (53%)

BV diagnosis by Nugent score

N (%)

Grade I (normal)

73 (41%)

Grade II (intermediate)

25 (14%)

Grade III (BV)

79 (45%)

STIs 2 and yeast infection

N (%)

Mycoplasma genitalium

22 (12%)

Chlamydia trachomatis

12 (7%)

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

2 (1%)

Trichomonas vaginalis

1 (0.5%)

Yeasts3

14 (8%)

Lifetime number of male sexual partners 4

 

Range

0-320

Median (50th percentile)

12.5

Lower quartile (25th percentile)

5

Upper quartile (75th percentile)

25

Lifetime number of female sexual partners 4

 

Range

0-10

Median (50th percentile)

0

Lower quartile (25th percentile)

0

Upper quartile (75th percentile)

0

  1. 1N indicates number of participants.
  2. 2Considered positive if specific PCR was found positive in swab, urine or both.
  3. 3Either spores, hyphae or both by microscopy.
  4. 4Only 168 women gave information.