Easiness of Use and Validity Testing of VS-SENSE Device for Detection of Abnormal Vaginal Flora and Bacterial Vaginosis

Table 1

Demographic and gynaecological characteristics of the women included in the study, divided into case and control groups, composed by 45 women each.

Characteristics	Case 𝑛 (%)	Control 𝑛 (%)	𝑃 value
Age^∗a	37.2 ± 11.9	35.1 ± 9.9	𝑃=.56
Parity^b
Nulilparous	26/43 (60.8)	30/44 (68.2)	𝑃=.60
Multiparous	17/43 (39.5)	14/44 (31.8)	𝑃=.60
History^b
Candida	19 (42.2)	29 (64.4)	𝑃=.057
Recurrent candida	10 (22.2)	19 (42.2)	𝑃=.07
BV	11 (24.2)	1 (2.2)	𝑃=.005
AV	17 (37.8)	2 (4.4)	𝑃=.0003
pH^∗a	5.3 ± 0.4	3.9 ± 0.3	𝑃<.0001
Symptoms/complains^b
Burning	13 (28.9)	12 (26.7)	𝑃=1.0
Itching	10 (22.2)	10 (22.2)	𝑃=.8
Pain	15 (33.3)	16 (35.5)	𝑃=1.0
Discharge	21 (46.7)	10 (22.2)	𝑃=.026

*Data expressed in mean ± sd.
aStudent’s test (normal distribution) or Withney Rank Sum test (not normal distribution).
bChi² or Fisher exact test.