Table 1 Univariate analysis of risk factor for S. aureus carriage among drug users in Guangzhou, China, 2017
Characteristics | Non-S. aureus carriage (N = 300) | S. aureus carriage (N = 53) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Demographics-level | |||
 Sex (Male) | 262 (87.33) | 47 (88.68) | 0.784 |
 age (> 50) | 169 (56.33) | 26 (49.06) | 0.326 |
Social-level | |||
 Current employed (Yes) | 80 (26.67) | 14 (26.42) | 0.970 |
 Current cohabitataion (Yes) | 3 (1.00) | 4 (7.55) | 0.011 |
 Low income (Yes) | 61 (20.33) | 17 (32.08) | 0.058 |
 History of homelessness in past 6 months (Yes) | 9 (3.00) | 3 (5.66) | 0.400 |
 History of incarceration (Yes) | 240 (80.00) | 44 (83.02) | 0.609 |
Behavior-level | |||
 History of vaginal sex in past 1 month (Yes) | 97 (33.68) | 13 (26.53) | 0.324 |
 Number of sexual partners in past 1 year (> 1) | 28 (9.33) | 2 (3.77) | 0.283 |
Health-level | |||
 Current HIV positive (Yes) | 22 (7.33) | 2 (3.77) | 0.553 |
 Current hepatitis (Yes) | 114 (38.00) | 24 (45.28) | 0.316 |
 Antibiotic use in past 6 months (Yes) | 83 (27.67) | 16 (30.19) | 0.706 |
 History of hospitalization in past 1 year (Yes) | 32 (10.67) | 9 (16.98) | 0.186 |
 History of skin infection in past 6 months (Yes) | 130 (43.33) | 25 (47.17) | 0.604 |
 History of needle exchange in past 1 year (Yes) | 26 (8.67) | 4 (7.55) | 1.000 |
Drug use-level | |||
 Period of drug use (> 10 years) | 18 (6.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0.087 |
 History of heroin snorting in past 3 months (Yes) | 188 (62.67) | 41 (77.36) | 0.039 |
 History of intravenous heroin in past 3 months (Yes) | 113 (37.67) | 14 (26.42) | 0.116 |
 History of using injection drugs in past 3 months (Yes) | 187 (62.33) | 39 (73.58) | 0.116 |