Maternal Vitamin D, Folate, and Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Status and Bacterial Vaginosis during Pregnancy

Table 1

Characteristics of women with and without bacterial vaginosis during pregnancy.

Characteristic	Bacterial vaginosis during pregnancy (𝑛=14)	No bacterial vaginosis during pregnancy (𝑛=146)	𝑃 value
Maternal age—mean years (sd)	24.14 ± 6.04	26.13 ± 6.06	0.946
Education—mean years (sd)	13.57 ± 2.56	13.80 ± 2.60	0.904
BMI—kg/m^2 (sd)	27.25 ± 8.87	25.99 ± 6.63	0.135
Gestational age at delivery—weeks (sd)	34.90 ± 3.37	36.62 ± 2.99	0.086
25-OH-D (ng/mL)—mean (sd)	18.00 ± 8.14	24.34 ± 11.97	0.044
Folate (ug/L)—mean (sd)	7.9 ± 5.1	10.7 ± 4.6	0.086
Omega-6/omega-3 ratio—mean (sd)	13.8 ± 3.4	13.0 ± 2.5	0.265