Table 1 Prevalence of MRSA by sport in comparison to medical staff
Sport played | #MRSA carriers/total # athletes enrolled per sport | percentage colonized per sport/percentage colonized overall | Adjusted odds ratio (95%) CI)a | P-value based on comparison to staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Men’s wrestling | 19/25 | 76.0/23.8 | 29.7 (5.8 – 151.5) | <0.0001 |
Men’s baseball | 17/39avb | 43.6/21.0 | 4.4 (1.1 – 17.4) | 0.036 |
Women’s tennis | 4/7 | 57.1/4.9 | 4.2 (0.6) – 29.4) | 0.143 |
Women’s softball | 8/19 | 42.1/9.9 | 4.1 (0.9 – 19.0) | 0.069 |
Men’s tennis | 3/10 | 30.0/3.7 | 3.8 (0.6 – 22.0) | 0.140 |
Men’s track | 11/29 | 37.9/13.6 | 3.5 (0.8 – 14.6) | 0.091 |
Women’s basketball | 1/12 | 8.3/1.25 | N/Ab | N/Ab |
Women’s track | 7/28 | 25.0/4.9 | 2.0 (0.4 – 8.9) | 0.371 |
Women’s lacrosse | 4/32 | 12.5/4.9 | 0.8 (0.2 – 4.2) | 0.832 |
Staff | 4/22 | 18.1/1.8 | 1 (reference group) | - |