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Table 3 Multiple logistic regression analyses of bacterial coexistence

From: Nasal carriage of common bacterial pathogens among healthy kindergarten children in Chaoshan region, southern China: a cross-sectional study

Covariate

M. catarrhalis

S. pneumoniae

S. aureus

H. parainfluenzae

H. influenzae

M. catarrhalis

(n = 663)

n (%)

-

168 (73.0)

81 (42.9)

66 (60.0)

10 (50.0)

β

0.6

−1.0

−0.1

−1.0

aOR (95 % CI)

1.9 (1.3–2.8)*

0.4 (0.3–0.6)*

1.0 (0.6–1.7)

0.4 (0.1–1.2)

S. pneumoniae

(n = 230)

n (%)

168 (25.3)

-

18 (9.5)

42 (38.2)

3 (15.0)

β

0.7

−1.2

0.6

−1.2

aOR (95 % CI)

2.0 (1.3–3.0)*

0.3 (0.2–0.6)*

1.8 (1.0–3.2)*

0.3 (0.1–1.7)

S. aureus

(n = 189)

n (%)

81 (12.2)

18 (7.8)

-

8 (7.3)

2 (10.0)

β

−0.9

−1.2

−1.4

−0.2

aOR (95 % CI)

0.4 (0.3–0.6)*

0.3 (0.2–0.6)*

0.2 (0.1–0.6)*

0.8 (0.1–4.3)

H. parainfluenzae

(n = 110)

n (%)

66 (10.0)

42 (18.3)

8 (4.2)

-

0 (0)

β

0.1

0.6

−1.3

−17.8

aOR (95 % CI)

1.1 (0.6–1.8)

1.9 (1.1–3.3)*

0.3 (0.1–0.7)*

0 (0-NaN)

H. influenzae

(n = 20)

n (%)

10 (1.5)

3 (1.3)

2 (1.1)

0 (0)

-

β

−0.9

−0.6

0.1

−19.1

aOR (95 % CI)

0.4 (0.1–1.3)

0.6 (0.1–2.8)

1.1 (0.2–5.4)

0 (0-NaN)

  1. aOR adjusted for age, gender, history of RTI symptoms and antibiotic consumption, education levels of parents, and location of kindergartens
  2. * p < 0.05