| Variables | MRSA Infection n = 78 | P-value (<0.05) | RR | |
| Yes | No | |||
| Having been hospitalized in the last 6 months | 30 | 14 | 0.04* | 1.9 |
| 12 | 22 | |||
| Antibiotics therapy in the last 3 months | 39 | 24 | 0.03* | 3.1 |
| 3 | 12 | |||
| Having surgery in the previous 3 months | 20 | 6 | 0.04* | 1.8 |
| 22 | 30 | |||
| Having had SSTI in the past | 18 | 15 | 0.916 | 1.0 |
| 24 | 21 | |||
| Having had contact with another person with SSTI | 10 | 9 | 0.903 | 0.97 |
| 32 | 27 | |||
| Having a chronic condition/disease | 11 | 7 | 0.481 | 1.2 |
| 31 | 29 | |||
| Lack of access to running water | 30 | 26 | 0.938 | 1.0 |
| 12 | 10 | |||
| Having an open wound | 40 | 35 | 0.65 | 0.8 |
| 2 | 1 | |||
| Having contact with pigs | 5 | 4 | 0.913 | 1.0 |
| 37 | 32 | |||