Table 1 Demographic characteristic of study subjects and association of fungal keratitis with sex, age, residence, occupation and risk factors

Sex

Female

67

29

38

1

Male

86

40

46

0.691

1.139

0.599–2.167

153

69

84

Age in years

1–14

26

6

20

1

15–24

38

22

16

0.008

4.583

1.500–14.001

25–34

64

33

31

0.017

3.584

1.260–9.996

35–44

20

8

12

0.221

2.222

0.619–7.974

>45

5

-

5

NA

153

69

84

Residence

Rural

85

47

38

0.005

0.387

0.199–0.751

Urban

68

22

46

1

153

69

84

Occupation

Agriculture

33

30

3

0.0001

90.000

20.985–385.987

Daily laborer

23

13

10

0.0001

11.700

3.597–38.054

Unemployed

17

12

5

0.0001

21.600

5.647–82.620

Student

20

8

12

0.004

6.000

1.755–20.517

Merchants

7

-

7

-

-

-

Carpenter

7

-

7

-

-

-

Cleaner

9

-

9

-

-

-

Driver

7

-

7

-

-

-

Secretary

6

-

6

-

-

-

Teacher

15

-

15

-

-

-

Surveyor

9

6

3

1

153

69

84

Risk factors

Trauma

91

54

37

0.006

6.324

1.684–23.751

Unidentified

26

1

25

0.146

0.173

0.016–1.836

Diabetes

7

5

2

0.024

10.883

1.374–85.440

Contact lens

4

2

2

0.118

8.667

0.577–130.111

Topical steroids

10

4

6

0.243

2.889

0.486–17.170

Post-operative

15

3

12

1

153

69

84