Table 4.
Bivariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with MRSA among patients with wound infection at Dessie Referral Hospital.
| Variable | MRSA | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | p value | ||
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| Yes | No | |||||
| Age (years) | 5–14 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | |
| 15–24 | 7 | 76 | 2.21 (0.259–18.9) | 0.74 (0.066–8.329) | 0.808 | |
| 25–34 | 3 | 55 | 1.309 (0.130–13.233) | 0.881 (0.056–13.759) | 0.926 | |
| 35–44 | 1 | 30 | 0.800 (0.048–13.466) | 0.26 (0.008–8.371) | 0.448 | |
| 45–54 | 3 | 19 | 3.79 (0.363–39413) | 2.4 (0.121–47.993) | 0.564 | |
| 55–64 | 6 | 22 | 6.545 (0.729–58.756) | 1.179 (0.58–23.863) | 0.915 | |
| >65 | 5 | 14 | 8.571 (0.907–80.993) | 2.54 (0.158–40.847) | 0.511 | |
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| Occupation | Housewife | 2 | 24 | 1 | 1 | |
| CS | 3 | 44 | 1.63 (0.181–2.835) | 0.69 (0.110–4.429) | 0.702 | |
| Farmer | 3 | 27 | 4.7 (1.099–19.817)∗ | 6.1 (1.086–33.724) | 0.040 | |
| Merchant | 7 | 22 | 3.341 (1.093–10.216)∗ | 1.47 (0.187–11.625) | 0.713 | |
| DL | 3 | 39 | 0.875 (0.174–4.379) | 1.11 (0.175–7.001) | 0.913 | |
| Others | 8 | 84 | 0.808 (0.203–3.211) | 2.1 (0.429–9.939) | 0.366 | |
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| Admission | Yes | 18 | 85 | 4.103 (1.712–9.830)∗ | 1.21 (0.117–12.604) | 0.872 |
| No | 8 | 155 | 1 | 1 | ||
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| Surgery | Yes | 16 | 82 | 3.063 (1.330–7.054)∗ | 1.94 (0.540–6.950) | 0.311 |
| No | 10 | 158 | 1 | 1 | ||
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| Patient setting | Inpatient | 16 | 66 | 4.218 (1.833–9.765)∗ | 3.56 (1.429–8.857) | 0.006 |
| Outpatient | 10 | 174 | 1 | 1 | ||
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| Chronic infection | Yes | 6 | 29 | 2.2 (0.810–5.883)∗ | 2.1 (0.577–7.521) | 0.263 |
| No | 20 | 211 | 1 | |||
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| BMI | <18.5 | 21 | 52 | 15.2 (5.462–42.216)∗∗ | 13.89 (4.919–39.192) | <0.001 |
| >18.5 | 5 | 188 | 1 | 1 | ||
MRSA: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; COR: crude odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; DL: daily labour; CS: civil servant; BMI: body mass index. ∗p value < 0.05; ∗∗p value < 0.001.