Volume 13, Number 7—July 2007
Research
Antimicrobial Drugs and Community-acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, United Kingdom
Table 1
Characteristics of patients with (case-patients) and without (control-patients) a diagnosis of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus*
Lifestyle factors | |||||
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Smoking | 718 (36.2) | 6,365 32.2) | 1.21 | 1.06 | 0.95–1.17 |
Obesity | 323 (16.3) | 2,253 (11.4) | 1.54 | 1.27 | 1.10–1.47‡ |
*Data from the General Practice Research Database, United Kingdom, 2000–2004. OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; MI, myocardial infarction; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
†Adjusted for all other variables in the table and exposure to antimicrobial drugs in the 30–365 days period before the index date.
‡p<0.05.