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Table 4 Association of awareness of age-related macular degeneration in the population: Univariate logistic regression

From: Population awareness of diabetic eye disease and age related macular degeneration in Nepal: the Bhaktapur Retina Study

Characters

No (%)

Yes (%)

Total

Odds Ratio

P -value

95 % C I

Age (Years)

 60–69

434(91.2)

42(8.8)

476

1.00

  

 70–79

324(92.8)

25(7.2)

349

0.79

0.389

0.5–1.3

  ≥ 80

100(96.2)

4(3.8)

104

0.41

0.099

0.1–1.2

Sex

 Male

378(90.9)

38(9.1)

416

1.00

  

 Female

480(93.6)

33(6.4)

513

0.68

0.125

0.4–1.1

Occupations

 Agriculture

681(93.2)

50(6.8)

731

1.00

  

 Service holders

49(84.5)

9(15.5)

58

2.49

0.020

1.1–5.4

 Housewives

75(94.9)

4(5.1)

79

0.72

0.544

0.2–2.0

 Others

53(86.9)

8(13.1)

61

2.04

0.078

0.9–4.5

Education

 Illiterate

654(93.3)

47(6.7)

701

1.00

  

 Literate

204(89.5)

24(10.5)

228

1.63

0.061

0.9–2.7

BCVA(Log MAR)

  ≥ 0.3

470(91.4)

44(8.6)

514

1.00

  

  < 0.3

388(93.5)

27(6.5)

415

0.75

0.241

0.4–1.2

Smoking

 No smoking

234(91.4)

22(8.6)

256

1.00

  

 Present smoker

312(93.1)

23(6.9)

335

0.78

0.430

0.4–1.4

 Past smoker

312(92.3)

26(7.7)

338

0.88

0.690

0.5–1.6

AMD cases

 No

541(91.4)

51(8.6)

592

1.00

  

 Yes

317(94.1)

20(5.9)

337

0.67

0.142

0.4–1.1

  1. CI Confidence interval, BCVA Best corrected visual acuity, AMD Age-related macular degeneration