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Table 6 Mixed-effects multivariate Poisson analysis with barn included as a random effect and robust cluster variance estimates

From: Prevalence and risk factors associated with nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant staphylococci in horses and their caregivers

 

PR

95% CI

Sex [ref: female]

2.17

0.65, 7.21

Barn-estimated antimicrobial treatment ratio

2.00

1.05, 3.82

 N horses carrying MRS

1.29

0.87, 1.92

Colleague carrying intranasal MRS

2.10

0.81, 5.49

  1. The results are expressed as prevalence ratios (PR) for a human being who is a nasal carrier of ≥ 1 MRS. n = 34. Bold indicates variables significantly associated with human MRS carriage.