Estimated odds ratios (ORs) for <i>S. aureus</i> nasal colonization by body mass index (BMI) in age tertiles of women and men.

<p>The Tromsø Staph and Skin Study (<i>n</i> = 3,878)^a.</p><p><i>n</i>, numbers; CI, confidence intervals.</p><p><i>P</i> for interaction using BMI categories as <i>Ptrend</i> and age tertiles (middle versus lowest), among women: 0.15 and men: 0.66; age tertiles (highest versus lowest), among women: 0.42 and men: 0.11.</p>a<p>Numbers may vary due to missing information.</p>b<p>Multivariable logistic regression model including: current smoking (yes/no), diabetes mellitus (yes/no), education level (< or ≥ college/university degree), and household income (< or ≥ level of the lowest income quintile).</p>c<p>Among men 60–87 years, the BMI categories <22.5 and 22.5–<25.0 kg/m² were put together due to small numbers.</p

Estimated odds ratios (ORs) for <i>S. aureus</i> nasal colonization by waist circumference (WC) among women and men, The Tromsø Staph and Skin Study (<i>n</i> = 3,775).

<p><i>n</i>, numbers; OR, odds ratios; CI, confidence interval.</p>a<p>WC quintiles (cm); Women: 1st <80, 2nd 80–86, 3rd 87–92, 4th 93–100, 5th ≥101; Men: 1st <91, 2nd 91– 95, 3rd 96–101, 4th 102–107, 5th ≥108.</p>b<p>Unadjusted logistic regression model restricted to those without missing data on any of the covariates (Women, <i>n</i> = 1,840, Men, <i>n</i> = 1,557).</p>b<p>Multivariate logistic regression model including: age, current smoking (yes/no), diabetes mellitus (yes/no), education level (< or ≥ college/university degree), and household income (< or ≥ level of the lowest income quintile).</p

Characteristics of women and men by body mass index (BMI) categories.

<p>The Tromsø Staph and Skin Study (<i>n</i> = 3,878)^a.</p><p>Values are given as means (standard deviation), and numbers (%).</p><p><i>n</i>, numbers; SD, standard deviation; HbA1c, glycated haemoglobin.</p>a<p>Numbers may vary due to missing information.</p>b<p><i>P</i> for trend, age-adjusted.</p>c<p>< College/university degree.</p>d<p>< Level of the lowest income quintile.</p>e<p>Hospitalization last 12 months.</p>f<p>Mostly sedentary recreational physical activity level like watching TV.</p

Estimated odds ratios (ORs) for <i>S. aureus</i> nasal colonization by waist circumference (WC) in age tertiles of women and men, The Tromsø Staph and Skin Study (<i>n</i> = 3,775)^a.

<p><i>n</i>, numbers; CI, confidence interval.</p><p>P for interaction using WC quintiles as <i>Ptrend</i> and age tertiles (middle versus lowest), among women: 0.58 and men: 0.69; age tertiles (highest versus lowest), among women: 0.19 and men: 0.32.</p>a<p>Numbers may vary due to missing information.</p>b<p>WC quintiles (cm); Women: 1st <80, 2nd 80–86, 3rd 87–92, 4th 93–100, 5th ≥101; Men: 1st <91, 2nd 91– 95, 3rd 96–101, 4th 102–107, 5th ≥108.</p>c<p>Multivariable logistic regression model including: current smoking (yes/no), diabetes mellitus (yes/no), education level (< or ≥ college/university degree), and household income (< or ≥ level of the lowest income quintile).</p