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Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants (N = 71,838)

From: Prevalence and risk factors for astigmatism in 7 to 19-year-old students in Xinjiang, China: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

n

Male n (%)

Female n (%)

Age (years)

7

6761

3386 (50.1)

3375 (49.9)

 

8

7621

3987 (52.3)

3634 (47.7)

 

9

7678

4002 (52.1)

3676 (47.9)

 

10

7645

3963 (51.8)

3683 (48.2)

 

11

8366

4347 (52.0)

4019 (48.0)

 

12

7780

4115 (52.9)

3665 (47.1)

 

13

5965

3107 (52.1)

2858 (47.9)

 

14

5419

2824 (52.1)

2595 (47.9)

 

15

4573

2404 (52.6)

2169 (47.4)

 

16

3345

1562 (46.7)

1783 (53.3)

 

17

3340

1423 (42.6)

1917 (57.4)

 

18

2467

1115 (45.2)

1352 (54.8)

 

19

878

372 (42.4)

506 (57.6)

Nationality

Han

45,021

23,571 (52.4)

21,450 (47.6)

 

Uyghur

12,763

5914 (46.3)

6849 (53.7)

 

Kazakh

1495

769 (51.4)

726 (48.6)

 

Kyrgyz

5277

2639 (50.0)

2638 (50.0)

 

Hui

5298

2735 (51.6)

2563 (48.4)

 

Others

1984

979 (49.3)

1005 (50.7)

Education stage

Primary school

45,982

24,035 (52.3)

21,947 (47.7)

 

Junior high school

16,068

8318 (51.8)

7750 (48.2)

 

High school

9788

4254 (43.5)

5534 (56.5)

Spherical Equivalent (SE)

SE≤-6.00 D

1128

547 (48.5)

581 (51.5)

 

-6.00 D < SE≤-5.00 D

1658

764 (46.1)

894 (53.9)

 

-5.00 D < SE≤-4.00 D

2830

1313 (46.4)

1517 (53.6)

 

-4.00 D < SE≤-3.00 D

3958

1887 (47.7)

2071 (52.3)

 

-3.00 D < SE≤-2.00 D

5995

2828 (47.2)

3167 (52.8)

 

-2.00 D < SE≤-0.50 D

19,937

9855 (49.4)

10,082 (50.6)

 

-0.50 D < SE < 0.50 D

32,244

17,159 (53.2)

15,085 (46.8)

 

0.50 D ≤ SE < 1.00 D

2715

1532 (56.4)

1183 (43.6)

 

1.00 D ≤ SE

1373

722 (52.6)

651 (47.4)

 

Total

71,838

36,605 (51.0)

35,231 (49.0)