Table 5.

Predictors of awareness about refractive surgeries among adult Saudi population.

Characteristic	Odds ratio	Adjusted odds ratio	95% confidence interval	P value
Gender
Male	−0.792	0.453	0.37–0.56	<0.001
Female	1	1
Region
Central	0.211	1.24	0.94–1.63	0.138
Eastern	−0.135	0.87	0.67–1.16	0.351
Northern	−0.068	0.93	0.7–1.25	0.645
Western	−0.311	0.73	0.56–0.97	0.028
Southern	1	1	1	-
Student type
Health sector	0.452	1.57	1.26–1.96	<0.001
Other	1	1
Constant	−1.252	0.286		<0.001