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Table 4 Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis showing factors associated with nasal colonization by S. aureus among pre-school children, Debre Markos, North Ethiopia, 2015

From: Nasal colonization and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Staphylococcus aureus among pre-school children in Ethiopia

Variable

Presence of S. aureus

Crude odds ratio (95% CI)

Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)

P value

No (%)

Yes (%)

Child admitted to hospital in the previous 12 months

 Yes

20 (5.0)

81 (20.2)

2.29 (1.24, 4.28)

1.96 (1.03, 3.73)

0.040

 No

29 (7.2)

270 (67.5)

1

1

 

Skin/soft tissue infection

     

 Yes

19 (4.8)

88 (22.0)

1.89 (1.02, 3.53)

  

 No

30 (7.5)

263 (65.8)

1

  

Having recurrent AOM

 Yes

12 (3.0)

45 (11.2)

2.21 (1.07, 4.54)

2.37 (1.11, 5.06)

0.026

 No

37 (9.2)

306 (76.5)

1

1

 

Cough in the previous 30 days

 Yes

34 (8.5)

177 (44.2)

2.23 (1.17, 4.24)

2.09 (1.08, 4.09)

0.029

 No

15 (3.8)

174 (43.5)

1

1

 

Family member with wound in the previous 12 months

 Yes

18 (4.5)

76 (19.0)

2.10 (1.12, 3.96)

  

 No

31 (7.8)

275 (68.8)

1

  

Child use of antibiotic in the previous 12 months

 Yes

18 (4.5)

183 (45.8)

1.88 (1.01, 3.48)

  

 No

31 (7.8)

168 (42.0)

1

  
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