Table 3 Association between carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae, nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis and Staphylococcus aureus individually or any of the otopathogens at age 1- < 3 months and subsequent diagnosis of otitis media adjusting for age and sex, presence of other bacteria, and environmental factors
Adjusted factors | Aboriginality | Any otopathogena | S. pneumoniae | M. catarrhalis | H. influenzae | S. aureus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OR (95%CI)b | OR (95%CI) | OR (95%CI) | OR (95%CI) | OR (95%CI) | ||
Sex and Age only | Aboriginal | 3.86 (1.61-9.24) | 1.39 (0.64-3.01) | 1.97 (0.89-4.39) | 5.32 (2.12-13.35) | 0.64 (0.26-1.56) |
Non-Aboriginal | 1.47 (0.80-2.71) | 1.12 (0.50-2.47) | 2.57 (1.35-4.91) | 1.1 (0.36-3.42) | 1.02 (0.58-1.77) | |
Presence of other bacteria | Aboriginal | 3.68 (1.51-8.96) | 0.86 (0.39-1.93) | 1.72 (0.74-3.96) | 5.32 (1.95-14.49) | 0.6 (0.25-1.47) |
Non-Aboriginal | 1.48 (0.80-2.72) | 0.77 (0.32-1.88) | 2.81 (1.40-5.61) | 0.96 (0.33-2.83 ) | 1.06 (0.61-1.86) | |
Environmental factors c | Aboriginal | 2.54 (0.93-6.93) | 1.14 (0.49-2.65) | 0.81 (0.29-2.27) | 3.66 (1.31-10.25) | 0.54 (0.22-1.33) |
Non-Aboriginal | 1.41 (0.78-2.55) | 1.07 (0.51-2.28) | 2.42 (1.31-4.48) | 0.87 (0.32-2.39) | 1.06 (0.58-1.93) | |
All confounders | Aboriginal | 2.44 (0.88-6.78) | 0.84 (0.32-2.17) | 1.02 (0.34-3.10) | 3.71 (1.22-11.23) | 0.52 (0.20-1.33) |
Non-Aboriginal | 1.42 (0.78-2.56) | 0.81 (0.33-2.00) | 2.63 (1.32-5.23) | 0.80 (0.30-2.09) | 1.05 (0.58-1.91) |