Summary of associations with prevalent or incident/recurrent/persistent BV.

dDefined in recent sexual partner(s) in cross-sectional studies (either within last 12 months, or last 3 months), or a new sexual partner in longitudinal cohort studies. eSignificant on univariate analysis; significant on multivariate analysis when new FSP/MSP was combined with new MSP/FSP in a broader “new partner” category but for the majority of women this represented a new FSP. FSP (female sexual partner), MSP (male sexual partner) Summary of associations with prevalent or incident/recurrent/persistent BV.