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Table 3 Association between cause of visual impairment and hospital admission

From: Hospital admissions in older people with visual impairment in Britain

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

 

Rate ratio

95% CI

Rate ratio

95% CI

Rate ratio

95% CI

Visual acuity 6/9 or better

1

 

1

 

1

 

AMD

1.32

0.98,1.79

0.96

0.70,1.32

1.13

0.83,1.54

Cataract

1.46

1.09,1.96

1.20

0.86,1.67

1.31

0.96,1.78

Other causes

1.42

1.02,1.97

1.11

0.74,1.67

1.28

0.89,1.86

Refractive error

1.31

1.04,1.66

1.13

0.87,1.45

1.20

0.94,1.54

Cause unknown

1.28

0.89,1.83

1.14

0.78,1.68

1.18

0.82,1.70

  1. CI: confidence intervals
  2. 49 practices; people with MMSE score of less than 12 were excluded; analyses take into account the cluster design of the study
  3. Model 1: adjusted age and sex
  4. Model 2: adjusted age, sex, housing tenure, financial difficulties, smoking, depression, diabetes, reported major illness, self-reported health, falls, ADL, self-reported activity, MMSE.
  5. Model 3: adjusted age, sex, housing tenure, financial difficulties, smoking, diabetes, reported major illness, MMSE.
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