Sociodemographic and Behavioral Predictors of Recurrent Bacterial Vaginosis Among Sexual Health Clinic Patients in New York City From 2014 to 2018.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is associated with adverse reproductive outcomes, and recurrence is common. We examined factors associated with BV recurrence using electronic medical record data for patients attending New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene sexual health clinics from 2014 to 2018.

Methods

Clinician-diagnosed BV was defined using a clinical BV diagnosis code based on Amsel criteria. Recurrent BV was defined as any BV diagnosis occurring more than 30 days after the previous diagnosis. Adjusted hazard ratios (AHRs) for the relationship between potential risk factors and recurrent BV were estimated using conditional gap-time models.

Results

The data set contained 14,858 patients with at least one BV diagnosis. Of these, 46.3% (n = 6882) h

SUBMITTER: Davis A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10527966 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature