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Article: New findings from R.M. Brotman and co-authors describe advances in bacterial vaginosis.
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- OBGYN & Reproduction Week
- Article date:
- August 18, 2008
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According to recent research published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, "The etiology of bacterial vaginosis is unknown, and there are no long-term therapies for preventing this frequently recurring condition. Vaginal douching has been reported to be associated with bacterial vaginosis in observational studies."
"However, this association may be due to confounding by indication-that is, confounding by women douching in response to vaginal symptoms associated with bacterial vaginosis. The authors used marginal structural modeling to estimate the causal effect of douching on bacterial vaginosis risk while controlling for this confounding effect. In ...