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Table 4 Effect of age, sex and literacy on visual impairment after best correction

From: Prevalence of visual impairment, cataract surgery and awareness of cataract and glaucoma in Bhaktapur district of Nepal: The Bhaktapur Glaucoma Study

Variable

Normal (%)

Visual

impairment φ

(%)

Univariate

Multivariable

   

OR(95% CI)

P value

OR(95% CI)

P value

Age(years)

      

40 - 49

1471(38.67)

10(5.71)

1.00

-

1.00

-

50 - 59

1075(28.26)

14(8.00)

1.91(0.85 - 4.33)

0.118

1.93(0.85 - 4.36)

0.114

60 - 69

792(20.82)

43(24.57)

7.99(3.99 - 15.98)

< 0.001

8.08 (4.04 - 16.18)

< 0.001

70 - 79

400(10.52)

77(44.00)

28.32(14.52 - 55.23)

< 0.001

28.56(14.64 - 55.73)

< 0.001

≥ 80

66(1.74)

31(17.71)

69.09(32.50 - 146.89)

< 0.001

69.32(32.59-147.45)

< 0.001

Sex

      

Male

1737(45.66)

74(42.29)

1.00

-

1.00

 

Female

2067(54.34)

101(57.71)

1.15(0.84 - 1.56)

0.381

1.20(0.87 - 1.66)

0.260

Education

      

Literate

1781(46.82)

79(45.14)

1.00

-

1.00

-

Illiterate

2023(53.18)

96(54.86)

1.07(0.79 - 1.45)

0.664

1.07(0.77 - 1.47)

0.683

  1. φ Low vision + blind