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Table 1 Total participant characteristics

From: Differences between Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage and IgE-sensitization to Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin on risk factors and effects in adult population

Characteristics

Total, N = 307

%

Baseline characteristics

 Age, year

65.12 ± 12.72

 

 BMI, kg/m2

23.93 ± 3.16

 

 Sex, female

212/307

69.1

Environment characteristics

 Environmental group

  Urban

100/307

32.6

  Sub-urban

104/307

33.9

  Rural

103/307

33.6

 Home type

  Apartment

72/300

24.0

  House

160/300

53.3

  Traditional house

68/300

22.7

 Year of house construction, year

25.29 ± 16.24

 

 Proximity to major roadways

 

  < 50 m

68/298

22.8

  ≥ 50 m

230/298

77.2

Social and lifestyle characteristics

 Smoking

  Current

30/306

9.8

  Ex

40/306

13.1

  Never

236/306

77.1

 Alcohol drinking

  ≥ 1/week

48/266

18.0

  < 1/week

218/266

82.0

 Exercise

  < 1/week

146/304

48.0

  ≥ 1/week

158/304

52.0

 Dominant diet

  Red meat

55/255

21.6

  Fish

31/255

12.2

  Vegetable

169/255

66.3

  1. SA carriage Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage, SE Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin, SE IgE-sensitization IgE-sensitization to Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin, BMI body mass index. Values are presented as numbers, mean ± SD