Table 2. Statistical associations of co-carriage between the four species.
| S. aureus | p-value | H. influenzae | p-value | M. catarrhalis | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carriers n (%) |
Non-carriers n (%) |
Carriers n (%) |
Non-carriers n (%) |
Carriers n (%) |
Non-carriers n (%) |
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| S. pneumoniae carriers n = 208 | 26 (12.5) | 182 (87.5) | <0.001 (S) | 88 (42.3) | 120 (57.7) | <0.001 (S) | 140 (67.3) | 68 (32.7) |
<0.001 (S) |
| S. pneumoniae non-carriers n = 372 | 97 (26.1) |
275 (73.9) | 64 (17.2) | 308 (82.8) | 141 (37.9) | 231 (62.1) | |||
| VT* S. pneumoniae carriers n = 13 | 2 (15.4) |
11 (84.6) |
0.669 (NS) |
6 (46.2) |
7 (53.8) |
0.780 (NS) |
9 (69.2) | 4 (30.8) |
1.000 (NS) |
| NVT S. pneumoniae carriers n = 195 |
24 (12.3) | 171 (87.7) | 82 (42.1) | 113 (57.9) | 131 (67.2) | 64 (32.8) |
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| S. aureus carriers n = 123 | - | - | - | 24 (19.5) | 99 (80.5) | 0.065 (NS) | 43 (35.0) | 80 (65.0) | <0.001 (S) |
| S. aureus non-carriers n = 457 | - | - | 128 (28.0) | 329 (72.0) | 238 (52.1) | 219 (47.9) | |||
| H. influenzae carriers n = 152 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 96 (63.2) | 56 (36.8) | <0.001 (S) |
| H. influenzae non-carriers n = 428 | - | - | - | - | 185 (43.2) | 243 (56.8) | |||
*VT = PCV13 type