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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 3

Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) associated with risk factors for infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, prison X, Missouri, 2002–2003*

Characteristics Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Composite hygiene score
<6 3.14(1.10–8.93)
>6 1.00
Age, y
20–34 3.57 (0.70–18.19)
35–49 0.75 (0.16–3.60)
>50 1.00
Race
Caucasian 1.00
Non-Caucasian 2.21 (0.70–6.96)
Educational level
No college† 1.22 (0.30–4.92)
College 1.00
Overweight‡
Yes 2.48 (0.86–7.14)
No 1.00
Abnormal skin condition before arriving
Yes 2.65 (0.47–15.07)
No 1.00

*Adjusted ORs were calculated from a logistic regression model that simultaneously included all of the risk factors shown.
†Included no high school, graduation from high school, or general educational development.
‡Defined as a body mass index >25.

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