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Table 1 Association of S. aureus in study participants with regard to gender and age group at Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College from September 2013 to April 2014, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

From: Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical samples at Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Variable

Presence of S. aureus

COR(95 % CI)

P-value

AOR(95 % CI)

P-value

Yes (N/%)

No (N/%)

Sex

Male

106(16.2)

548(83.8)

0.73(0.54, 0.99)

0.049

1.05(0.72,1.53)

0.771

Female

88(12.5)

618(87.5)

1

-

1

-

Age group

<1

9(8.6)

96(91.4)

1.47(0.55, 3.92)

0.434

-

-

1–14

48(10.4)

413(89.6)

1.19(0.55, 2.54)

0.651

-

-

15–24

46(21.0)

164(79.0)

0.49(0.23, 1.06)

0.072

-

-

25–34

38(17.0)

184(83.0)

0.67(0.31, 1.46)

0.315

-

-

35–44

26(16.8)

129(83.2)

0.68(0.30, 1.55)

0.366

-

-

45–64

18(13.6)

115(86.4)

0.88(0.37, 2.08)

0.779

-

-

> = 65

9(12.2)

65(87.8)

1

-

-

-

  1. COR crude odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI Confidence interval