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Table 5 Multivariable logistic regression models assessing the adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) of eye diseases

From: Eye diseases: the neglected health condition among urban slum population of Dhaka, Bangladesh

 

Refractive error

Visual impairment

Cataract

Variables

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

P value

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

P value

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

P value

Age (y)

> 40 years

      

≤ 40 years

3.02 (1.90–4.78)

< 0.001*

1.81 (0.85–3.88)

0.122

26.42 (3.49–200.06)

0.002*

Sex

Male

      

Female

2.92 (1.65–5.16)

< 0.001*

0.75 (0.30–1.86)

0.539

0.37 (0.12–1.14)

0.085

Education

Some formal education

      

No formal education

0.79 (0.50–1.25)

0.324

1.48 (0.74–2.96)

0.255

3.37 (1.28–8.89)

0.014*

Occupation

Non-income generating

      

Income generating

1.70 (1.00–2.88)

0.048*

0.52 (0.22–1.21)

0.131

0.60 (0.20–1.78)

0.365

Family income (BDT)

≥  12,000 per month

      

<  12,000 per month

0.99 (0.65–1.49)

0.976

0.65 (0.35–1.23)

0.195

1.01 (0.45–2.24)

0.975

Refractive error

Yes

  

0.70 (0.34–1.43)

0.332

  

No

  

7.33 (2.78–19.29)

< 0.001*

  

Cataract

Yes

      

No

  

0.75 (0.30–1.86)

0.539

  
  1. *P value < 0.05 is statistically significant