Effects on Vaginal Microbiota Restoration and Cervical Epithelialization in Positive HPV Patients Undergoing Vaginal Treatment with Carboxy-Methyl-Beta-Glucan

Table 3

Cytological, molecular, colposcopic, and histological reports in the two study groups.

	Time 0 months		value	Time 6 months		value	Difference % group A	Difference % group B
	Group A ()	Group B ()		Group A ()	Group B ()
Pap smear			0.75			<0.001
Negative	67 (18.7)	72 (19.6)		175 (48.9)	117 (31.9)
Positive	291 (81.3)	295 (80.4)		183 (51.1)	250 (68.1)		-37.1%	-15.2%
HPV test			0.55			<0.001
Negative	2 (1.3)	4 (2.2)		61 (40.7)	33 (18.3)
Positive	148 (98.7)	176 (97.8)		89 (59.3)	147 (81.7)		-39.9%	-16.5%
Colposcopy
Negative	64 (17.9)	66 (18.0)	0.97	212 (59.2)	145 (39.5)	<0.001
Positive	294 (82.1)	301 (82.0)		146 (40.8)	222 (60.5)		-50.3%	-26.2%
Biopsy
Negative	131 (36.6)	136 (37.1)	0.89	216 (60.3)	161 (43.9)	<0.001
Positive	227 (63.4)	231 (62.9)		142 (39.7)	206 (56.1)		-37.4%	-10.8%