Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Associated Risk Factors among Patients with Wound Infection at Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia
Table 4
Bivariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with MRSA among patients with wound infection at Dessie Referral Hospital.
Variable
MRSA
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
value
Yes
No
Age (years)
5–14
1
24
1
1
15–24
7
76
2.21 (0.259–18.9)
0.74 (0.066–8.329)
0.808
25–34
3
55
1.309 (0.130–13.233)
0.881 (0.056–13.759)
0.926
35–44
1
30
0.800 (0.048–13.466)
0.26 (0.008–8.371)
0.448
45–54
3
19
3.79 (0.363–39413)
2.4 (0.121–47.993)
0.564
55–64
6
22
6.545 (0.729–58.756)
1.179 (0.58–23.863)
0.915
>65
5
14
8.571 (0.907–80.993)
2.54 (0.158–40.847)
0.511
Occupation
Housewife
2
24
1
1
CS
3
44
1.63 (0.181–2.835)
0.69 (0.110–4.429)
0.702
Farmer
3
27
4.7 (1.099–19.817)
6.1 (1.086–33.724)
0.040
Merchant
7
22
3.341 (1.093–10.216)
1.47 (0.187–11.625)
0.713
DL
3
39
0.875 (0.174–4.379)
1.11 (0.175–7.001)
0.913
Others
8
84
0.808 (0.203–3.211)
2.1 (0.429–9.939)
0.366
Admission
Yes
18
85
4.103 (1.712–9.830)
1.21 (0.117–12.604)
0.872
No
8
155
1
1
Surgery
Yes
16
82
3.063 (1.330–7.054)
1.94 (0.540–6.950)
0.311
No
10
158
1
1
Patient setting
Inpatient
16
66
4.218 (1.833–9.765)
3.56 (1.429–8.857)
0.006
Outpatient
10
174
1
1
Chronic infection
Yes
6
29
2.2 (0.810–5.883)
2.1 (0.577–7.521)
0.263
No
20
211
1
BMI
<18.5
21
52
15.2 (5.462–42.216)
13.89 (4.919–39.192)
<0.001
>18.5
5
188
1
1
MRSA: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; COR: crude odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; DL: daily labour; CS: civil servant; BMI: body mass index. value < 0.05; value < 0.001.
