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Table 2 Medical and glaucoma related characteristics of study population, Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia, April 2016

From: Awareness and knowledge of glaucoma and associated factors among adults: a cross sectional study in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia

Characteristics

Frequency

Percent

History of hypertension (n = 701)

 Yes

93

13.3

 No

551

78.6

 Do not know (not screened)

57

8.1

History of diabetes (n = 701)

 Yes

58

8.3

 No

582

83.0

 Do not know

61

8.7

History of eye examination (n = 701)

 Yes

261

37.2

 No

440

62.8

Eye examination (n = 261)

 Within 12 months

194

74.3

 Before 12 months

67

25.7

History of glaucoma (n = 261)

 Yes

18

6.9

 No

223

85.4

 Do not know

20

7.7

Family history of glaucoma (n = 246)

 Yes

21

8.5

 No

177

72.0

 Do not know

48

19.5

Family member with glaucoma (n = 21)

 Mother

9

42.9

 Brother

5

23.8

 Father

4

19.0

 Sister

2

9.5

 Father and brother

1

4.8