Prevalence and Risk Factors of Colonization with Staphylococcus aureus in Healthy Pet Cats Kept in the City Households

Table 1

Characteristics of the investigated population.

Category	Number of investigated households	Number of cats	Size of group per household		Sex		Breed		Age
				σ	Female; (%)	Male; (%)	Crossbreed; (%)	Pure breed; (%)	≤6; (month)			7–36; (month)			≥37; (month)
									%		σ	%		σ	%		σ
Multiple feline	94	121	2.7	1.5	51.2	48.8	66.1	32.9	9.9	4.7	1.6	40.5	16.8	9.6	49.6	83.4	39.2
Cat breed	18	182	11.8	6.4	61.0	39.0	—	100	24.2	2.9	1.1	46.7	22.4	9.6	29.1	70.9	27.8
Single feline	112	112	—	—	53.6	46.43	66.1	33.9	10.7	5.1	1.3	60.7	17.4	9.3	28.6	96.5	42.6

: arithmetic mean.
σ: standard deviation.