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. 2009 Jul 22;47(9):2957–2963. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00853-09

TABLE 4.

Risk factors for MRSA colonization compared to MSSA colonization and no S. aureus colonization by multivariate analysis using polytomous logistic regression

Risk factor MRSA vs No_Ca
MRSA vs MSSA
P value of overall model
Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) P value of coefficient Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) P value of coefficient
Presence of household members aged under 7 2.2387 (1.5255-3.2853) <0.0001 2.9110 (1.9048-4.4488) <0.0001 <0.0001
Smoking habits 0.4419 (0.2383-0.8195) 0.0096 0.9582 (0.4946-1.8563) 0.8994 <0.0001
Using antibiotics within the past year 2.0530 (1.3544-3.1118) 0.0007 2.0322 (1.2826-3.2198) 0.0025 0.0031
a

No_C, no S. aureus colonization.