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Table 2 Binary logistic regression of factors associated with knowledge of glaucoma among adults in Gish Abay town, Northwest Ethiopia, Jun 2018(n = 594)

From: Knowledge of glaucoma and associated factors among adults in Gish Abay town, Northwest Ethiopia

The level of knowledge of glaucoma

Variables

Good

Poor

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Age category/years

 18–22

22

147

1.00

1.00

 23–27

30

114

1.75 (0.96, 3.2

1.51 (0.75, 3.06)

 28–45

32

108

1.97 (1.09, 3.59)

1.74 (0.83, 3.67)

 ≥ 46

16

125

0.85 (0.43, 1.70)

0.80 (0.31, 2.05)

Sex

 Male

60

226

1.00

1.00

 Female

40

268

0.56 (0.36, 0.87)

0.72 (0.42, 1.22)

Educational status

 No formal education

36

323

1.00

1.00

 Primary education

24

77

2.79 [1.57, 4.96]

2.89[1.41, 5.90]**

 Secondary education

23

67

3.08 [1.72, 5.53]

3.03[1.47, 6.24]**

 College and above

17

27

5.64 [2.81, 11.35]

5.18[2.21, 12.13]***

Income level/ETB

 ≤ 750

20

278

1.00

1.00

 751–1300

29

86

4.68 [2.52, 8.70]

3.18 [1.57, 6.42]**

 1301–200

15

47

4.43 [2.12, 9.27]

3.53 [1.54, 8.06]**

 ≥ 2001

36

83

6.02 [3.31, 10.97]

3.11 [1.55, 6.25]**

Eye examination

 No

63

457

1.00

1.00

 Yes

37

37

7.25 [4.28, 12.27]

6.52[3.37, 12.63]***

Chronic diseases

 No

83

468

1.00

1.00

 Yes

17

26

3.68 [1.92, 7.09]

1.53[0.62, 3.81]

Family history of glaucoma

 No

83

487

1.00

1.00

 Yes

17

7

14.24 [5.73, 35.42]

12.08[4.13, 35.30]***

  1. Where, * p ≤ 0.05; ** p ≤ 0.01; *** p ≤ 0.001; 1.00 = reference; CI Confidence Interval, COR crude odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio