Nasal Carriage by Staphylococcus aureus among Healthcare Workers and Students Attending a University Hospital in Southern Brazil: Prevalence, Phenotypic, and Molecular Characteristics

Table 2

Bivariate logistic regression analyses of descriptive variables associated with Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among healthcare workers and students attending the University Hospital of Londrina from December 2017 to May 2018.

Model	Explanatory variable	Staphylococcus aureus
		value	OR (95% CI)
#1	Gender (male)	0.004	2.107 (1.268–3.502)
	Occupation (student)	0.019	1.819 (1.105–2.996)
#2	Gender (male)	0.003	2.182 (1.309–3.665)
	Age	0.021	0.975 (0.955–0.996)
	Occupation (student)	0.537	—
	Antibiotic use	0.850	—
	Hospitalization	0.251	—
	Patient contact	0.147	—
#3	Gender (male) occupation (student)	0.001	2.898 (1.553–5.410)
	Age	0.218	—
	Antibiotic use	0.961	—
	Hospitalization	0.215	—
	Patient contact	0.145	—

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.