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. 2023 Mar 2;12(5):1969. doi: 10.3390/jcm12051969

Table 3.

Risk Factors for infectious or immune-mediated disease.

Risk Factor OR 95% CI p
Infectious disease
Age (≥53 vs. <53 yrs.) 0.45 0.10–1.96 0.299
Sex (female vs. male) 0.69 0.15–3.04 0.695
Laterality (bilateral vs. unilateral disease) No bilateral cases 0.996
Scleritis type
Diffuse anterior (yes vs. no) 2.8 0.33–23.53 0.443
Nodular anterior (yes vs. no) 1.44 0.27–7.56 0.649
Necrotizing (yes vs. no) No cases 0.998
Posterior (yes vs. no) No cases 0.998
Keratitis (any vs. none) No cases 0.999
Uveitis (yes vs. no) 4.09 0.90–18.70 0.086
Immune-mediated disease
Age (≥53 vs. <53 yrs.) 1.34 0.66–2.75 0.472
Sex (female vs. male) 1.54 0.69–3.44 0.331
Laterality (bilateral vs. unilateral disease) 1.88 0.86–4.09 0.152
Scleritis type
Diffuse anterior (yes vs. no) 2.30 0.96–5.52 0.071
Nodular anterior (yes vs. no) 0.21 0.06–0.73 0.011
Necrotizing (yes vs. no) 2.13 0.41–11.04 0.391
Posterior (yes vs. no) 1.81 0.52–6.27 0.339
Keratitis (any vs. none) 1.03 0.09–11.70 1.00
Uveitis (yes vs. no) 1.46 0.55–3.85 0.451

CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio.