Table 1 General characteristics of patients included in the study
| Â | MSSA | MRSA | Not colonized | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
population | |||||||||
Number of patients; N | Â | 155 | Â | 9 | Â | 621 | Â | 785 | Â |
Male; N, % | Â | 87 | 56.1 | 4 | 44.4 | 312 | 50.2 | 403 | 51.3 |
Age; N, % | 0 - 5 | 95 | 61.3 | 8 | 88.9 | 459 | 73.9 | 562 | 71.6 |
6 - 13 | 52 | 33.5 | 1 | 11.1 | 121 | 19.5 | 174 | 22.2 | |
> = 14 | 8 | 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | 6.6 | 49 | 6.2 | |
Parent nationality; N, % | Italian | 138 | 89.0 | 7 | 77.8 | 554 | 89.2 | 699 | 89.0 |
European | 6 | 3.9 | 1 | 11.1 | 27 | 4.3 | 34 | 4.3 | |
Extra-European1 | 8 | 5.2 | 1 | 11.1 | 27 | 4.3 | 36 | 4.6 | |
Mixed | 3 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 2.3 | 16 | 2.0 | |
Mother’s age, years; mean, SD |  | 36.5 | 7.1 | 32.9 | 5.8 | 35.8 | 6.7 | 35.9 | 6.8 |
Father’s age, years; mean, SD |  | 38.8 | 7.3 | 37.7 | 6.0 | 39.0 | 7.1 | 38.9 | 7.1 |
Mothers with high school diploma; N, % | Â | 111 | 71.6 | 4 | 44.4 | 464 | 74.7 | 579 | 73.8 |
Fathers with high school diploma; N, % | Â | 96 | 61.9 | 6 | 66.7 | 412 | 66.3 | 514 | 65.5 |
Unemployed mothers; N, % | Â | 62 | 40.0 | 5 | 55.6 | 230 | 37.0 | 297 | 37.8 |
Unemployed fathers; N, % | Â | 11 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 2.9 | 29 | 3.7 |
Presence of underlying illness; N, % | Â | 58 | 37.4 | 4 | 44.4 | 160 | 25.8 | 222 | 28.3 |
Hospitalization length; mean, SD | Â | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 7 | 6.2 |