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Volume 12, Number 3—March 2006
Research

Personal Hygiene and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection

George Turabelidze*Comments to Author , Mei Lin*, Barbara Wolkoff*, Douglas Dodson*, Stephen Gladbach*, and Bao-Ping Zhu*
Author affiliations: *Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

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Table 1

Characteristics of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection and controls, prison X, Missouri, 2002–2003*

Characteristics Case-patients, % (n = 30) Controls, % (n = 80) Crude OR (95% CI)
Age, y
20–34 60 20 6.00 (1.47–24.45)
35–49 30 60 1.00 (0.24–4.15)
>50 10 20 1.00
Race
Caucasian 20 51.3 1.00
Non-Caucasian 80 48.8 4.21 (1.55–11.39)
Educational level
No college† 86.7 72.5 2.47 (0.77–7.88)
College 13.3 27.5 1.00
Overweight‡
Yes 56.7 23.8 4.20 (1.73–10.19)
No 43.3 76.3 1.00
Antimicrobial drug use in the 3 months before imprisonment
Yes 13.3 7.5 1.90 (0.50–7.26)
No 86.7 92.5 1.00
Abnormal skin condition before arriving
Yes 13.3 3.8 3.95 (0.83–18.82)
No 86.7 96.3 1.00

*OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval. Other characteristics examined included chronic medical condition, daily medication use for treating chronic conditions, hospitalization 6 months before prison admission, intravenous drug use, use of gymnasium or barbershop, and attending educational classes. These characteristics did not differ significantly between patients and controls.
†Included no high school, graduation from high school, or general educational development.
‡Defined as a body mass index >25.

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