Table 3.
The risk factors for ocular and nonocular injuries among farmers
| Variables | Ocular Injury |
Nonocular Injury |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | |
| Age (in years) | 1.00 (0.971–1.04) | 0.672 | 1.05 (1.01–`1.09) | 0.011 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1 | 1 | ||
| Male | 0.997 (0.43–2.29) | 0.995 | 4.37 (1.91–10.00) | <0.001 |
| Years of experience (in years) | 1.02 (0.98–1.04) | 0.245 | 1.03 (1.01–1.06) | 0.006 |
| Task done | ||||
| Basic farming task | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gardening | 1.54 (0.20–11.57) | 0.670 | 2.65 (0.41–16.92) | 0.302 |
| Farming and animal husbandry | 1.09 (0.09–12.67) | 0.945 | 1.04 (0.09– 12.15) | 0.972 |
| All farming tasks | 3.40 (0.76–15.10) | 0.107 | 4.05 (0.92–17.84) | 0.064 |
| Use of spectacle | ||||
| No | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 1.35 (0.56–3.26) | 0.498 | 0.82 (0.37–1.82) | 0.633 |
| Socioeconomic status | ||||
| High income | 1 | 1 | ||
| Medium income | 0.46 (0.13–1.60) | 0.224 | 1.32 (0.55–3.19) | 0.527 |
| Low income | 1.61 (0.43–6.01) | 0.477 | 0.97 (0.21–4.54) | 0.976 |
| Presence of lens changes | ||||
| No | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 0.94 (0.35–1.86) | 0.912 | 0.94 (0.362– 2.47) | 0.912 |
| History of ocular injury | ||||
| No | - | |||
| Yes | - | 6.10 (2.39–15.56) | <0.001 | |