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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 6.
Published in final edited form as: Optom Vis Sci. 2004 Jan;81(1):7–10. doi: 10.1097/00006324-200401000-00003

TABLE 2.

Logistic regression analysis of the factors associated with the use of corrective lensesa

Odds Ratio 95% Confidence Interval
Age and family income
<200% of the federal poverty level
6-11 yr 1.0
12-14 yr 1.90b 1.38-2.61
15-18 yr 1.93b 1.38-2.69
≥200% of the federal poverty level
6-11 yr 1.09 0.81-1.46
12-14 yr 2.80b 1.99-3.96
15-18 yr 3.98b 2.82-5.63
Gender
Male 1.0
Female 1.41b 1.21-1.65
Race/ethnicity and health insurance
Black or Hispanic
Uninsured 1.0
Public insurance only 1.67b 1.17-2.39
Any private insurance 1.77b 1.20-2.63
Nonblack/non-Hispanic
Uninsured 2.29b 1.35-3.89
Public insurance only 2.08b 1.33-3.27
Any private insurance 1.98b 1.42-2.78
a

Odds ratios are adjusted for all factors presented.

b

Odds ratio is statistically different (p <0.05) from the reference.