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Table 4 Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression of factors associated with awareness of glaucoma among adults age 35 and above years, Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia, April 2016 (n = 701)

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

Variables

Awareness

  

Aware

Not aware

COR (95%CI)

AOR (95%CI)

Age category (years)

 35 - 44

112

184

1.00

1.00

 45 - 54

89

74

1.21(0.82,1.78)

1.27(0.78,2.10)

 55 – 64

54

58

0.99 (0.63,1.54)

1.29(0.72,2.32)

 65 – 74

27

47

0.26(0.13,0.52)***

0.31(0.21,0.76)*

  ≥ 75

17

39

0.50(0.26,0.96)*

0.81(0.32,2.05)

Sex

 Male

137

188

1.00

1.00

 Female

109

267

0.56(0.41-0.77)***

0.74(0.46,1.20)

Level of education

 No formal education

31

198

1.00

1.00

 Primary education

62

125

3.17(1.95,5.15)***

3.21(1.73,5.95)*

 Secondary education

76

60

5.39(3.32,8.77)***

4.34(2.30,8.22)**

 College and above

77

42

11.71(6.87,19.9)***

9.82(4.27,22.60)***

Marital status

 Single

18

35

1.23(0.68-2.24)**

0.93(0.45,1.92)

 Married

186

293

1.16(0.53-2.51)*

1.30(0.49,3.43)

 Divorced

22

37

0.43(0.21-0.91)***

1.04(0.39,2.81)

 Widowed

20

90

1.00

1.00

Type of occupation

 Merchant

90

126

1.00

1.00

 Housewife

45

166

0.38(0.25-0. 58)***

0.92(0.51,1.67)

 Government employed

66

49

1.89(1.19-2.98)**

0.92(0.48,1.74)

 Others

33

7143

0.67(0.32-1.41)

2.33(0.78,6.9)

 Self-employed

12

 

0.39(0.20-0.78)**

0.50(0.23,1.10)

Hypertension status

 Yes

44

49

1.69(1.09-2.64)*

1.43(0.21,9.73

 Do not know

11

46

0.45(0.23-0.89)**

0.82(0.12,5.47)

 No

191

360

1.00

1.00

Diabetes mellitus status

 Yes

27

31

1.54(0.90-2.66)

2.34(0.36,15.21)

 Do not know (unscreened)

9

52

0.31(0.15-0.64)**

1.92(0.31,11.96)

 No

210

272

1.00

1.00

Eye examination

 Yes

126

135

2.49(1.81-3.3)***

2.78 (1.86,4.15)***

 No

120

320

1.00

1.00

  1. COR adjusted odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. *p-value <0.05, **p-value <0.01, ***p-value <0.001, 1 = reference, others: retired, driver, religious leader, farmer, no job daily laborer