Carriage epidemiology of Moraxella catarrhalis in an all-age community cohort between 2016 and 2018.

Access Microbiol · 2026 · PMC13317588 · PMID 42382533

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0.0760

closest p · 1.5× alpha

0.1080

boldest claim

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did not achieve significanceP =0.076so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Nursery attendance: Children currently attending nursery showed increased odds of carriage (OR=1.837, 95% CI: 0.937–3.600), but this did not achieve significance ( P =0.076).

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did not reach statistical significanceP =0.108not close (p > 0.1)

Passive smoke exposure: Daily exposure to passive cigarette/cigar smoke was associated with lower odds of carriage (OR=0.543, 95% CI: 0.258–1.143), although this did not reach statistical significance ( P =0.108).

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