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Table 4 Multivariate predictors of Staphylococcus aureus colonization adjusted for clustering by community (N = 1,707)

From: Epidemiology and risk factors for Staphylococcus aureuscolonization in children in the post-PCV7 era

 

Multivariable OR (95% CI)

P-value

Year of swab

 

0.71

   2003–04

1.0

 

   2006–07

0.95 (0.71–1.26)

 

Age group

 

<0.001

   <6 months

0.61 (0.34–1.08)

 

   6–<12 months

0.39 (0.24–0.64)

 

   1–<2 years

0.35 (0.23–0.54)

 

   2–<3 years

0.45 (0.28–0.73)

 

   3–<4 years

0.53 (0.33–0.86)

 

   4–<5 years

0.70 (0.44–1.11)

 

   ≥5 years

1.0

 

Female

0.83 (0.63–1.10)

0.20

Race/ethnicity

 

0.99

   White non-Hispanic

1.0

 

   Black non-Hispanic

0.96 (0.49–1.90)

 

   Hispanic

0.95 (0.51–1.76)

 

   Other

0.90 (0.46–1.77)

 

Median household income in community

 

0.89

   <$40,000

0.99 (0.51–1.93)

 

   $40,000–$54,999

1.14 (0.67–1.94)

 

   $55,000–$69,999

1.11 (0.67–1.84)

 

   ≥$70,000

1.0

 

% community members with <high school educational level

 

0.65

   <5%

0.99 (0.53–1.87)

 

   5–<10%

0.76 (0.45–1.27)

 

   10–<15%

0.87 (0.57–1.32)

 

   ≥15%

1.0

 

Colonization with Streptococcus pneumoniae

0.92 (0.67–1.27)

0.62

Antibiotics in past 2 months

 

0.005

   Amoxicillin-clavulanate/cephalosporins/mupirocin/TMP-SMX

0.57 (0.33–0.97)

 

   Clindamycin/macrolides

0.51 (0.24–1.08)

 

   Amoxicillin/penicillin

0.54 (0.35–0.84)

 

   No antibiotics

1.0

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