Table 1. Baseline charactreristics.
| Centre A | Centre B | Centre C | Centre D | total | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | 47 | 55 | 37 | 122 | 261 | |
| Age (years) | 28.8±12.1 | 27.9±8.4 | 23.3±4.4 | 25.7±7.1 | 26.3±8.3 | 0.02 |
| Gender (% male) | 68 | 62 | 100 | 100 | 75 | |
| Region (n, %) | <0.001 | |||||
| Middle East | 16 (34) | 34 (61.8) | 20 (54) | 82 (67.2) | 152 (58.2) | |
| East Africa | 20 (42.5) | 13 (23.6) | 12 (32.4) | 27 (22.1) | 72 (27.6) | |
| Northern Africa | 4 (8.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (3.3) | 8 (3.1) | |
| Central/West Africa | 1 (2.1) | 6 (11) | 0 (0) | 5 (4.1) | 12 (4.6) | |
| Far East | 6 (12.7) | 2 (3.6) | 5 (13.5) | 4 (3.3) | 17 (6.5) | |
| Colonization rates | ||||||
| MRSA | 4/47(8.5%) | 5/55 (9.1%) | 1/37(2.7%) | 31/122(25.4%) | 41/261(15.7%) | <0.001 |
| ESBL E. coli | 8/46 (17.4%) | 13/54(24.1%) | 9/37(24.3%) | 27/104(26%) | 57/241 (23.6%) | 0.6 |
| Travel time (months) | 15.9 ± 24.8 | 5.7 ± 5.5 | 8.2 ± 47.8 | 10.8 ± 23.4 | 10.6 ± 21 | 0.44 |
| Travel time excluding persons with longer stay in third country (months) | 2.6 ± 1.5 | 4 ± 3.4 | 4 ± 3.4 | 2.6 ± 2.9 | 3.0 ± 2.9 | 0.22 |
| Duration of stay in centre (days) | 69.9 ± 79.7 | 63.8 ± 44 | 47.8 ± 37.0 | 62.5 ± 33.5 | 61.8 ± 46.7 | 0.2 |
Age, travel time and duration of stay in one particular centre are shown as mean +/- standard deviations