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Published in final edited form as: J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2018 Aug 23;16:17–27. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2018.08.014

Table 4.

Variables potentially associated with the prevalence and resistance proportion of MRSA infection identified in the meta-regression analysis.

	Prevalence		Resistance proportion
	β	95% CI	β	95% CI
Study year	0.008	−0.001, 0.017	0.001	−0.007, 0.009

Age group^a
Children (0 – 17 years)	Referent		Referent
Adults (18 – 64 years)	0.090	−0.018, 0.199	0.038	−0.084, 0.160
Older adults (≥ 65 years)	0.044	−0.123, 0.211	0.046	−0.132, 0.224
All ages/not reported	0.108	−0.004, 0.220	0.026	−0.100, 0.152

GNI per capita^b	0.022	0.005, 0.039	−0.024	−0.041, −0.007

Source of infection
Hospital-associated	Referent		Referent
Community-associated	−0.011	−0.112, 0.091	−0.315	−0.413, −0.217
Hospital- or community-associated	0.058	−0.032, 0.148	−0.100	−0.183, −0.017
Livestock/animal associated	−0.128	−0.341, 0.086	−0.417	−0.716, −0.119

Model characteristics	k=136, I²=99.84%, R²=10.86%		k=242, I²=99.47%, R²=21.47%

The median or average of participants included in the study

World Bank data for country gross national income per capita in 2016⁷⁹