Figure 1.
This Figure presents the screening and enrolment flow diagram, including reasons for screening failure. A total of 595 women were screened and 430 were enrolled in the study: 219 in the reference group; 60 pregnant women; 60 adolescents; 31 women engaging in vaginal practices; 30 FSW; and 30 HIV-positive women. ICRHK: International Centre of Reproductive Health, Mombasa, Kenya; RU: Rinda Ubuzima, Kigali, Rwanda; WrHI: Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa. Other ineligibility reasons: moving out of the area; not able to keep appointments due to mobility; unknown. Vaginal practices: Using traditional vaginal practices with anything other than water, soap and/or fingers alone.
Table 1.
Sociodemographic, behavioural, and clinical characteristics of the study population by group.
Figure 2.
The prevalence of Bacterial Vaginosis at screening and at enrolment.
The prevalence of BV at enrolment was highest in female sex workers (68%) and HIV-positive women (48%) in Rwanda. Black bar: Nugent score 7–10 classified as BV; Grey bar: Nugent score 4–6 classified as intermediate; White bar: Nugent score 0–3 classified as normal. Groups: R = Reference group, P = Pregnant women, A = adolescents, V = vaginal practices, FSW = female sex worker, and HIV+ = HIV-positive women.
Table 2.
Correlates of bacterial vaginosis at the screening and enrolment visit - bivariable and multivariable models.
Table 3.
Correlates of reproductive tract infections at the screening visit - bivariable and multivariable models.