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Table 1 Demographic factors associated with myopia in children

From: Prevalence of myopia and associated risk factors among primary students in Chongqing: multilevel modeling

Variables

Total, n (%)

No myopia, n (%)

Myopia, n (%)

P value

Total

997 (100)

659 (66.1)

338 (33.9)

 

School region

 Rural

428 (42.9)

299 (69.9)

129 (30.1)

0.030

 Urban

569 (57.1)

360 (63.3)

209 (36.7)

 

Gender

 Male

523 (52.5)

366 (70.0)

157 (30.0)

0.007

 Female

474 (47.5)

293 (61.8)

181 (38.2)

 

Age (years)

 7

141 (14.1)

127 (90.1)

14 (9.9)

< 0.001

 8

135 (13.5)

122 (90.4)

13 (9.6)

 

 9

153 (15.3)

115 (75.2)

38 (24.8)

 

 10

179 (18.0)

102 (57.0)

72 (40.2)

 

 11

195 (19.6)

92 (47.2)

103 (52.8)

 

 12

172 (17.3)

88 (51.2)

84 (48.8)

 

 13

22 (2.2)

8 (36.4)

14 (63.6)