Table 2 Odds ratios for factors associated with smoking status, College Park, MD, n = 40

Community state type (CST), dominant bacteria^§

  CST-I, L. crispatus-dominated

REF

-

-

-

REF

-

-

-

  CST-III, L. iners-dominated

2.17

0.40

11.74

0.37

2.66

0.19

38.04

0.47

  CST-IV, Lactobacillus-deficient

7.22

1.44

36.22

0.02

25.61

1.03

636.61

0.05

Age

  18-28

REF

-

-

-

  29-39

23.80

2.34

242.29

0.01

-

-

-

-

  40-45

13.60

2.15

85.86

0.01

-

-

-

-

Education, years

0.82

0.61

1.10

0.18

-

-

-

-

Douching, past 2 months

5.25

0.93

29.70

0.06

0.81

0.05

13.61

0.88

Currently menstruating

1.00

0.29

3.45

1.00

Lifetime number of sex partners

  0-4

REF

-

-

-

  5-7

0.44

0.03

5.88

0.54

0.31

0.01

9.84

0.50

  8 or more

20.00

2.75

145.48

0.00

40.70

2.46

674.00

0.01

Sexual activity in prior 24 hours

  No vaginal intercourse

REF

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

  Vaginal intercourse with no condom

3.00

0.61

14.86

0.18

-

-

-

-

  Vaginal intercourse with a condom

3.00

0.46

19.59

0.25

-

-

-

-