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Staph Colonization Staph Non-Colonized MRSA Colonization MRSA Non-Colonized Weighted N 32, 735 000 85, 983 486 1, 793 186 116, 925 300 % % % % Percentage of deaths 16.7 18.6 35.9 17.8 Sex Male 49.8 46.6 38.2 47.6 Female 50.2 53.4 61.8 52.4 Race/ethnicity Non-Hispanic White 80.9 76.4 83.6 77.5 Non-Hispanic Black 7.0 10.8 8.2 9.8 Hispanic 8.4 8.6 3.9 8.6 Other race/ethnicity 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 Poverty-to-income ratio > 1 83.9 84.9 75.8 84.8 No health insurance 9.1 11.5 5.1 10.9 Hospitalization in the past 12 months 12.8 11.8 25.4 11.9 Heart disease 9.2 10.4 18.0 10.0 Diabetes 11.5 10.6 14.7 10.8 Asthma 11.6 11.2 18.6 11.2 MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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All-Cause Mortality Hazard Ratios for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization a 11-Year Period
Crude HR (95% CI) P value Adjusted HR* (95% CI) P value MRSA colonization 2.30 (1.61-3.29) < .001 1.75 (1.12-2.73) .014 Staph colonization 0.90 (0.75-1.06) .206 0.91 (0.75-1.11) .348 CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
↵* Model adjusted for sex, race/ethnicity, poverty-to-income ratio, lack of health insurance coverage, hospitalization in the previous 12 months, and the presence of heart disease, diabetes, and asthma.
