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Risk factors for bacterial vaginosis in early pregnancy outlined in new study.
2003 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Poland, "the main aim of this prospective study was to determine the socioeconomic, demographic and environmental factors that may be associated with the occurrence of bacterial vaginosis at early pregnancy in an indigent population from Central Poland."
"A group of 196 pregnant women was selected randomly from the patients of 10 district maternity units in the Lodz region, Central Poland. Only singleton pregnancies between 8 and 16 week of gestation were qualified for inclusion in the survey," explained J. Kalinka and colleagues, University of Lodz, Department of Perinatology.
"A standard questionnaire covering medical, socioeconomic, demographic, constitutional and environmental items was administered to every subject and was verified with medical records. Cervico-vaginal swabs were collected from the women under study and tested for bacterial vaginosis (BV) according to Spiegel's criteria."
"Based on the results of Gram stain, BV was diagnosed in 51 women (28,5%), grade I microflora among 66 (36,9%) and grade II among 62 women (34,6%). In the univariate analysis, only single marital status proved to be an important risk factor associated with BV during pregnancy, this was confirmed in the multivariate analysis," ...
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