Katherine Fethers|Christopher K. Fairley|Anna Morton|Jane S Hocking|C Hopkins|Lisa Kennedy|Glenda Fehler|Catriona S. Bradshaw
Early Sexual Experiences and Risk Factors for Bacterial Vaginosis
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre|The Alfred Hospital
undertaken crosssectional study investigates association bacterial vaginosis bv sexual practices sexually experienced inexperienced womenparticipants 1721yearold females attend melbourne university australia study kits contained information consent form questionnaire swab slide distributed information regarding demographic characteristics broad range sexual practices collected gramstained selfcollected vaginal smears scored nugent method associations bv behaviors examined univariate multivariate analysisbv diagnosed 25 47 528 women 95 confidence interval ci 3169 importantly bv detected women n 83 without history coital noncoital sexual contact 0 95 ci 043 bv detected 3 38 78 women 95 ci 08108 noncoital sexual experience 22 60 367 women 95 ci 3889 reported penilevaginal sex bv associated history genital contact sexual partner p02 bv strongly associated 3 penilevaginal sex partners prior year adjusted odds ratio 71 95 ci 27184 multivariable analysisthis study shows strong association bv penilevaginal sex multiple partners found bv sexually inexperienced women history noncoital sexual practices elicited findings indicate bv present truly sexually inexperienced women