Correlation between dominant microbiota and clinical features of the vaginal secretion
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According to our clinical observation, we selected the common clinical symptoms and signs, and referred to the symptom scoring standard in the Guidelines for Clinical Research on New Chinese Medicines (for Trial Implementation). For evaluating the amount of secretion: a small amount was scored as 2, a medium amount was scored as 1, and a large amount was scored as 0. For evaluating the nature of secretion: a thin amount was scored as 1, and a thick amount was scored as 0. For evaluating the odor of secretion: an odorless amount was scored as 1, and an odorous amount was scored as 0. For evaluating the color of secretion: a clear color was scored as 3, a light yellow color was scored as 2, a yellow color was scored as 1, and a green color was scored as 0. Then we used Spearman’s correlation analysis to analyze the association between the dominant bacterial genera and clinical features of the collected vaginal samples (Spearman’s Correlation heat maps showing association between dominant bacteria and properties of subjects’ vaginal secretion. The color scale shows the strength of correlation (ranging from 1 to -1, representing strong positive to strong negative correlation). * 