Table 3 Age and sex distribution of symptom scores in the Refractive Error Group (REG) and the Normal Cohort Group (NCG)
From: Visual symptoms associated with refractive errors among Thangka artists of Kathmandu valley
Symptoms | Subject groups | Percentage symptom score | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age group in years | Sex | |||||||||
16–20 | 21–25 | 26–30 | 31–35 | 36–40 | P # | Males | Females | P # | ||
Internal symptoms | ||||||||||
Tired eye | REG | 13.0 | 12.3 | 16.2 | 9.7 | 11.2 | 0.11 | 11.5 | 12.1 | 0.27 |
NCG | 13.6 | 14.0 | 11.7 | 9.3 | 14.4 | 0.43 | 11.1 | 13.5 | 0.01 | |
Sore or aching eye | REG | 17.4 | 12.9 | 14.0 | 11.8 | 10.1 | 0.06 | 10.7 | 14.2 | 0.25 |
NCG | 15.0 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 13.8 | 12.3 | 0.82 | 12.2 | 13.9 | 0.02 | |
Blurred vision | REG | 21.8 | 14.8* | 16.2 | 14.5 | 18.2 | 0.87 | 17.9** | 14.0 | 0.66 |
NCG | 11.6 | 10.7 | 12.0 | 13.8 | 12.3 | 0.52 | 12.5 | 11.7 | 0.62 | |
Double vision | REG | 8.7 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 0.55 | 7.9 | 8.9 | 0.02 |
NCG | 9.0 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 0.56 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 0.71 | |
External symptoms | ||||||||||
Dry eye | REG | 5.8 | 6.5 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 10.8 | 0.20 | 11.9 | 8.9 | 0.18 |
NCG | 10.3 | 9.1 | 12.9 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 0.31 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 0.07 | |
Burning eye | REG | 14.5 | 14.2 | 12.0 | 15.4* | 12.5 | 0.09 | 13.1 | 14.9* | 0.80 |
NCG | 11.6 | 12.4 | 15.7 | 11.9 | 11.3 | 0.12 | 13.4 | 12.1 | 0.55 | |
Irritated eye | REG | 5.8 | 9.0 | 12.0 | 9.7 | 11.5 | 0.35 | 9.8 | 10.8 | 0.14 |
NCG | 7.3 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 0.07 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 0.28 | |
Watering eye | REG | 7.2 | 12.9 | 6.0 | 10.6 | 9.8 | 0.007 | 9.2 | 10.2 | 0.11 |
NCG | 10.6 | 14.2 | 10.0* | 12.1 | 10.8 | 0.20 | 12.6* | 11.2 | 0.76 | |
General visual discomfort | REG | 5.8 | 9.7 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 0.14 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 0.80 |
NCG | 11.0 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 9.4 | 0.62 | 9.4 | 7.7 | 0.67 | |