Research Article
Association of Dietary Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load, Insulin Index, and Insulin Load with Bacterial Vaginosis in Iranian Women: A Case-Control Study
Table 1
General characteristics of participants with bacterial vaginosis and controls.
| | Characteristic | BV women | Control women | value† |
| | Age, year | 30 (27.33-32) | 32 (25-35) | 0.177 | | Familial history of BV, no. (%) | 77 (53.5) | 37 (24.5) | <0.001 | | Education, no. (%) | | | 0.408 | | Primary/secondary school | 37 (25.7) | 39 (25.8) | | | Bachelor’s degree | 76 (52.8) | 70 (46.4) | | | Master’s/doctoral degree | 31 (21.5) | 42 (27.8) | | | Cigarette smoker, no. (%) | | | <0.001 | | Current smokers | 26 (18.1) | 2 (1.3) | | | Never smokers | 103 (71.5) | 140 (92.7) | | | Ex-smokers | 15 (10.4) | 9 (6) | | | Employment status, no. (%) | | | 0.698 | | Employed | 43 (29.9) | 42 (27.8) | | | Unemployed | 101 (70.1) | 109 (72.2) | | | Monthly family income, no. (%) | | | 0.523 | | <250 US $ | 111 (77.1) | 121 (80.1) | | | ≥250 | 33 (22.9) | 30 (19.9) | | | Frequency of pregnancy, no. (%) | | | 0.885 | | 0 | 64 (44.4) | 70 (46.4) | | | 1-2 | 66 (45.8) | 65 (43) | | | ≥3 | 14 (9.7) | 16 (10.6) | | | Menstrual cycle, no. (%) | | | 0.774 | | Irregular | 49 (34) | 49 (32.5) | | | Regular | 95 (66) | 102 (67.5) | | | Number of sexual partners in the last one month, no. (%) | | | 0.794 | | 0 | 43 (29.6) | 44 (28.9) | | | 1 | 95 (66) | 103 (68.1) | | | ≥ 2 | 6 (4.4) | 4 (3) | | | Physical activity (MET/h/d) | 40.35 (37.03-43) | 40.30 (37.67-43.34) | 0.599 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 26.12 (24.28-28) | 24.61 (22.96-26.31) | 0.021 | | Waist circumference (cm) | 85 (82-91) | 82 (77-89) | 0.038 | | Waist to hip ratio | 0.53 (0.50-0.57) | 0.51 (0.47-0.55) | 0.126 |
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Values are median (Q1-Q3) unless otherwise noted. †Using Mann–Whitney or test, as appropriate. BV: bacterial vaginosis; BMI, body mass index. |
