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Table 2 Association of MRSA and MSSA positivity according to biological and socioeconomic factors of the PLHA at the HC/UFPE DIP Service

From: Prevalence of nasal colonization by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in outpatients living with HIV/AIDS in a Referential Hospital of the Northeast of Brazil

Variables

All patients

Colonization by Staphylococcus aureus

OR (IC 95%)

p value

MRSA

MSSA

Biological

 Sex

  Male

106 (67.5%)

12 (11.3%)

94 (88.7%)

1.0

  Female

51 (32.5%)

10 (19.6%)

41 (80.4%)

1.91 (0.76–4.77)

0.166

 Age

  Mean Â ± SD

41.5 ± 11.5

42.8 ± 11.4

41.3 ± 11.6

1.01 (0.97–1.05)

0.578

 Age range

  Less than 40 years

66 (42.0%)

7 (10.6%)

59 (89.4%)

1.0

  40 years and over

91 (58.0%)

15 (16.5%)

76 (83.5%)

1.66 (0.64–4.34)

0.298

 Skin color

  White

41 (26.1%)

8 (19.5%)

33 (80.5%)

1.0

  Feoderm

79 (50.3%)

11 (13.9%)

68 (86.1%)

0.67 (0.24–1.82)

0.428

  Black

37 (23.6%)

37 (8.1%)

34 (91.9%)

0.36 (0.09–1.49)

0.160

Socioeconomic

 Can read and write

  Yes

147 (93.6%)

19 (12.9%)

128 (87.1%)

1.0

  No

10 (6.4%)

3 (30.0%)

7 (70.0%)

2.89 (0.69–12.1)

0.148

 Education

  High school or University

82 (52.2%)

12 (14.6%)

70 (85.4%)

1.0

  Primary school

47 (29.9%)

3 (6.4%)

44 (93.6%)

1.94 (0.68–5.56)

0.215

  Incomplete elementary school

28 (17.8%)

7 (25.0%)

21 (75.0%)

0.40 (0.11–1.49)

0.171

 Family income

  Less than 1 minimum wage (MW)

64 (42.4%)

13 (20.3%)

51 (79.7%)

1.0

  1–2 MW

45 (29.8%)

5 (11.1%)

40 (88.9%)

0.49 (0.16–1.49)

0.209

  More than 2 Mw

42 (27.8%)

4 (9.5%)

38 (90.5%)

0.41 (0.12–1.37)

0.148

  1. aStatistically significant association (p < 0.05)