Molecular characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from nasal samples of sixth year medical students during their pediatric services practices

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of sixth year medical students working in pediatric services

Characteristics	n = 239
Age (years)^a	25 (23–65)
Gender^b
Male	164 (68.6)
Marital status^b
Married	8 (3.3)
Medine education duration^b
6 years	161 (67.4)
> 6 years	78 (32.6)
Living with a child at home^b	22 (9.2)
Smoking status^b
None smoker	148 (61.9)
Occasional smoker	71 (29.7)
Frequent smoker	20 (8.4)
Chronic disease^b
Allergic rhinitis	30 (12.6)
Diabetes mellitus	1 (0.4)
Antibiotic usage in the past 3 months^b	27 (11.3)
Infection history in the past 3 months^b
Upper respiratory tract infection	68 (28.5)
Skin infection	5 (2.1)

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