The composition and stability of the vaginal microbiota of normal pregnant women is different from that of non-pregnant women

Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the pregnant woman enrolled in the longitudinal study (n=22)

	Mean	SD^a	Minimun	Maximum
Age (years)	24.2	5.2	19	35
Race^b
African American	19 (86%)
White	2 (9%)
Hispanic	1 (5%)
Body Mass Index (BMI; kg/m²)	29.8	4.9	20.2	39.9
Nulliparity	10 (45%)
Cesarean delivery	2/22 (9%)
Gestational age at delivery (weeks)	39.8	1.0	38.1	42.1
Birthweight (grams)	3320	290	2645	4090
Apgar at 1 minute (median)	9.0		7	9
Apgar at 5 minutes (median)	9.0		5	9
Nugent score >=7^c	2 (9%)

^aStandard Deviation.
^bNon-pregnant women: African American (50%), White (40.6%), Hispanic and others (9.4%).
^cIn at least one sample of a given subject – According to reference 61, Nugent score above 7 correspond to a diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis.

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