Table 2.

Multivariate logistic regression models on the patient-related variables and antimicrobial resistance of the S. aureus and S. pneumoniae

Variables	S. aureus resistance
	All practices		Adult practices		Paediatric practices
	Odds Ratio	p-value	Odds Ratio	p-value	Odds Ratio	p-value
Patient variables
Age groups (over 18 years/under 18 years)	0.42	0.004	0.64	0.693	0.44	0.269
Gender (male/female)	0.79	0.322	0.92	0.765	0.42	0.083
Job - Livestock (yes/no)	0.91	0.970	1.01	0.980	N/A	N/A
Job - Nursery (yes/no)	0.55	0.329	0.89	0.967	N/A	N/A
Job - Healthcare (yes/no)	0.90	0.903	0.95	0.952	N/A	N/A
Living with children (yes/no)	0.79	0.537	0.67	0.428	1.12	0.859
Number of GP visits
1–4 visits/none	0.60	0.528	0.77	0.757	0.11	0.969
5 + visits/none	0.90	0.898	1.18	0.859	0.10	0.971
Variables	S. pneumoniae resistance
	All practices		Adult practices		Paediatric practices
	Odds Ratio	p-value	Odds Ratio	p-value	Odds Ratio	p-value
Patient variables
Age groups (over 18 years/under 18 years)	0.89	< 0.001	1.00	0.842	0.79	0.785
Gender (male/female)	1.45	0.425	1.87	0.503	1.27	0.646
Job - Livestock (yes/no)	1.23	0.873	3.59	0.430	N/A	N/A
Job - Nursery (yes/no)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Job - Healthcare (yes/no)	3.71	0.324	3.07	0.206	N/A	N/A
Living with children (yes/no)	1.23	0.019	0.29	0.409	0.34	0.085
Number of GP visits
1–4 visits/none	0.98	0.988	1.37	0.962	1.08	0.933
5 + visits/none	0.98	0.925	0.93	0.409	1.03	0.978

[significant results marked in bold]