Prevalence of Staphylococcus Species Colonization in Healthy and Sick Cats

Table 4

Statistical analysis results of risk factors associated with the colonization of Staphylococcus in cats under investigation.

Variable	Test	Species	P value	OR	95%CI
State of health	Chi-squared	S. haemolyticus; S. pseudintermedius	0; 0.02856	5.54; 4.93	2.93-10.32; 1.84-12.56
Breed	Chi-squared	all tested species	> 0.05
Age	Wilcoxon	all tested species	> 0.05
Sex	Chi-squared	all tested species	> 0.05
Number of households residents who had close contact with the cat under investigation	Wilcoxon	S. aureus; S. equorum	0.0252; 0
Family member works in healthcare or in veterinary healthcare	Chi-squared	S. aureus	0.017	2.66	1.54-4.60
Hospitalization of an owner in the previous year	Chi-squared	all tested species	>0.05
Diagnosis of Staphylococcus colonization in the previous year: in the household resident; In the cat under investigation	Chi-squared	all tested species	>0.05
Number of animals kept in the same household
Dogs	Wilcoxon	S. nepalensis	0.028
Cats	Wilcoxon	all tested species	>0.05
Others	Wilcoxon	S. equorum; S. felis	0; 0.028
Treatment of cat under investigation in the previous year	Chi-squared	all tested species	> 0.05
Treatment of other pets in the previous year	Chi-squared	all tested species	> 0.05

P value: probability value; Chi-squared: degrees of freedom is 1; OR: odd ratio; CI: confidential interval.