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Table 3 Risk factors for carriage of Group B Streptococcus

From: Associations between nasopharyngeal carriage of Group B Streptococcus and other respiratory pathogens during early infancy

Risk factor

Category

N

Positivity of outcome

Univariable analysis

Multivariable analysis

n (%)

OR (95 % CI)

p value

OR (95 % CI)

p value

Sex

Male

579

90 (15.54)

1

 

1

 

Female

591

72 (12.18)

0.75 (0.54;1.05)

0.097

0.73 (0.52;1.04)

0.08

Place of Birth

Other

98

9 (9.18)

1

   

H/F

1072

153 (14.27)

1.65 (0.81;3.34)

0.167

-

-

Tribe

Mandika

463

62 (13.39)

1

   

Wolof

164

22 (13.41)

1 (0.59;1.69)

0.994

-

-

Fula

144

19 (13.19)

0.98 (0.57;1.71)

0.952

-

-

Jola

215

24 (11.16)

0.81 (0.49;1.34)

0.418

-

-

Others

184

35 (19.02)

1.52 (0.96;2.39)

0.072

-

-

*sleep Room

0

374

59 (15.78)

1

   

1

433

58 (13.39)

0.83 (0.56;1.22)

0.339

-

-

2

214

28 (13.08)

0.8 (0.49;1.31)

0.377

-

-

3+

134

14 (10.45)

0.62 (0.34;1.16)

0.134

-

-

History of ARI

0

1041

155 (14.89)

1

 

1

 

1

129

7 (5.43)

0.33 (0.15;0.72)

0.005

0.28 (0.13;0.63)

0.002

S. pneumoniae

Negative

441

88 (19.95)

1

 

1

 

Positive

729

74 (10.15)

0.45 (0.32;0.63)

<0.001

0.47 (0.33;0.67)

<0.001

H. influenzae

Negative

802

124 (15.46)

1

   

Positive

368

38 (10.33)

0.63 (0.43;0.93)

0.019

-

-

S. aureus

Negative

587

58 (9.88)

1

 

1

 

Positive

583

104 (17.84)

1.98 (1.4;2.79)

<0.001

1.89 (1.33;2.69)

<0.001

M. catarrhalis

Negative

795

126 (15.85)

1

 

1

 

Positive

375

36 (9.6)

0.56 (0.38;0.84)

0.004

0.61 (0.40;0.92)

0.017

  1. H/F health facility, ARI acute respiratory infection; *Number of other siblings <5 years sleeping in the same room with subject. (−) indicates variables which were not included in the multivariate analysis