Table 3.

Multivariate analysis of factors associated with nasal colonization of MRSA in HIV carriers in Taiwan

Factor	Adjust odds ratio	95% confidence interval	P value
Female Gender	2.910	0.690–12.276	0.1459
Injection drug user	1.189	0.207–6.837	0.8464
Male-to-male sex	0.241	0.055–1.050	0.0581
Smoking	2.004	0.581–6.911	0.2713
HCV carrier	2.233	0.504–9.885	0.2899
Cancer	7.782	1.909–31.731	0.0042
Antibiotic use within the past 1 year	3.892	1.219–12.433	0.0218

Abbreviations: HCV hepatitis C virus