Table 1. Demographic information for study participants by S. aureus carriage phenotype.

	Persistent Carrier	Intermittent Carrier	Non Carrier	Total
Total	141 (131) A	97 (88)	620 (573)	858 (792)
% Female	70.9	76.3	69.2	70.3
% Diabetes	52.5	62.9	48.7	50.9
Mean BMI	32.7 ±9.5	33.5 ±11.7	32.4 ±10.5	32.4 ±10.5
Mean Age	53.7 ±12.8	56.5 ±14.8	54.2 ±13.2	54.4 ±13.3
Mean hbA1C	6.8 ±2.4	7.2 ±2.7	6.6 ±2.3	6.7 ±2.4

^ANumber of individuals with available exome data.