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Table 3 Effect of relationship of person who detected cataract on early presentation

From: Age at detection and age at presentation of childhood cataract at a tertiary facility in Ibadan, Southwest Nigeria

 

Presentation

Type of cataract (Number)

Person who noticed

Early Number (%)

Late Number (%)

Odds ratio (95% C.I.)a

P value*

Congenital (74)

Mother

20 (32.3%)

42 (67.7%)

5.24 (0.63–43.43)

0.09

Others

1 (8.3%)

11 (91.7%)

Developmental (51)

Mother

8 (24.2%)

25 (75.8%)

2.56 (0.48–13.62)

0.26

Others

2 (11.1%)

16 (88.9%)

  1. a95% C.I. – 95% Confidence Interval
  2. * Chi-square test
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BMC Ophthalmology

ISSN: 1471-2415

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