Yam Variety	Processing method			Variety main effect
Yam Variety	Boiled	Fried	Pounded	Variety main effect
Dioscorea dumentorum	56.53ab±14.6	20.95c±4.34	44.35abc±1.51	40.61ab±18.31
Dioscorea alata	22.31bc±4.68	44.06abc±5.49	33.52bc±19.27	33.30b±13.95
Dioscorea rotundata	72.78a±40.56	40.81abc±19.66	42.39abc±5.47	51.99a±27.55
Processing method main effect	50.54a±31.09	35.27a±15.04	40.09a±12.59

Table 1: VHI score for the entire population studied and in the subgroup with baseline VHI <15 diagnosed for atrophic vaginitis