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Table 3 Disease pattern of study subjects among patients attending St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, 2017 (n = 881)

From: Prevalence and associated factors of low vision and blindness among patients attending St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Diseases

Frequency (%)

Presenting VA < 6/18–3/60 (%)

Presenting VA < 3/60 (%)

Cataract

181(20.5)

31(34.1)

15(23.4)

Glaucoma

158(17.9)

20(22.0)

21(23.4)

Refractive error

118(13.4)

14(15.4)

3(4.7)

Pseudophakia

111(12.6)

20(22.0)

6(9.4)

Trauma

72(8.2)

1(1.1)

8(12.5)

ARMD

29(3.3)

11(12.1)

12(18.8)

Strabismus

15(1.7)

2(2.2)

0(0.0)

DR

10(1.1)

1(1.1)

2(3.1)

HR

6(0.7)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

Uveitis

11(1.2)

1(1.1)

2(3.1)

TCO

6(0.7)

1(1.1)

1(1.6)

NTCO

14(1.6)

2(2.2)

1(1.6)

Others

317(36.0)

1(1.1)

4(6.2)

  1. ARMD age related macular degeneration, DR diabetic retinopathy, HR hypertensive retinopathy, TCO trachomatous corneal opacity, NTCO non-trachomatous corneal opacity