The Prevalence of MRSA Nasal Carriage in Preoperative Pediatric Orthopaedic Patients

Table 2

Univariate analysis of risk factors for MRSA colonization, SSI overall, and SSI due to MRSA.

Risk factors	MRSA colonization	SSI overall	SSI due to MRSA
	value	value	value
Male gender versus female gender	0.2	1	0.69
Prior hospitalization	0.001	0.10	0.41
Diagnosis
Myelomeningocele	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Cerebral palsy	0.035	1	1
Trauma	0.33	0.15	0.32
Tumor	1	1	1
Infection	<0.001	0.21	1
Scoliosis	0.21	0.15	1
Chiari malformation	0.043	<0.001	0.092
Other	0.058	0.60	0.32
Underlying disorder
Diabetes mellitus	1	1	1
Immunocompromised	0.40	0.17	0.49
Renal disease	0.51	0.0098	0.003
Tobacco use/exposure	0.16	0.41	1
Corticosteroid use	0.088	0.001	0.61

One-tail test.