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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 21.
Published in final edited form as: Afr J Biomed Res. 2020 Jul;23(SE1):75–79.

Table 2:

Prevalence of presbyopia by age, gender and level of education

Variable Presbyope Non- Presbyope OR (95% CI) p value
n % N %
Age Group 50 or more 94 67.6 45 32.4 4.81(2.98, 7.77) <0.001
Less than 50 53 30.3 122 69.7
Gender Female 99 55.6 79 44.4 2.30 (1.45, 3.64) <0.001
Male 48 35.3 88 64.7
Level of education No formal education 15 71.4 6 28.6 3.79(3.32, 10.91) 0.020
Primary 35 44.9 43 55.1 1.23(0.63, 2.36) 0.635
Secondary 68 47.9 74 52.1 1.39(0.79, 2.47) 0.320
*Tertiary 29 39.7 44 60.3 1
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