Table 2.

Patient characteristics associated with S. aureus nasal carriage

Characteristic (%)	S. aureus-positive (n = 60)	S. aureus-negative (n = 256)	Univariate logistic regression
			OR (95% CI)	P value
Hemodialysis	26 (43%)	131 (51%)	0.73 (0.4–1.3)	0.27
Male sex	35 (58%)	118 (46%)	1.64 (0.9–2.9)	0.09
Age (years), mean (SD)	58 (15)	57 (16)	1.003 (0.98–1.02)	0.72
HIV+	4 (7%)	11 (4%)	1.59 (0.5–5.2)	0.49
IV drug use	1 (2%)	0 (0%)	NA	NA
Known diabetes	18 (30%)	69 (27%)	1.16 (0.6–2.2)	0.63
Hospitalizations/year, mean (SD)	0.62 (1.1)	0.66 (1.2)	0.98 (0.77–1.25)	0.89
Hospitalizations/3 months, mean (SD)	0.17 (0.5)	0.11 (0.4)	1.34 (0.71–2.52)	0.36