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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 8.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2007 Jun 22;144(2):169–180. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.05.029

Table 4.

Conditional and Unconditional Multivariable* Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals for the Development of Acanthamoeba Keratitis among 30 Acanthamoeba keratitis cases and 39 clinic-matched controls wearing soft contact lenses.*

Conditional
Multivariable Analysis*
Unconditional
Multivariable Analysis*

Conditional OR§ 95% CI Chi-square p-value Unconditional OR** 95% CI Chi-square p-value

Exclusive use of Complete MoisturePlus solution (compared to all other solutions) 18.51 2.11 162.63 0.008 9.36 2.42 36.21 0.001
Reuse of solution >5 times per month (compared to 0–5 times per month) 3.17 0.82 12.33 0.096 4.20 1.25 14.10 0.020
“Rub” while cleaning lenses ≤ 10 times per month (compared to >10 times per month) 9.05 0.82 100.19 0.073 3.76 0.93 15.15 0.063
Shower while wearing lenses >5 per month (compared to 0–5 times per month) 9.07 0.68 120.72 0.095 2.36 0.64 8.71 0.198
Actual contact lens replacement quarterly or more frequent (compared to less frequent than quarterly) 0.42 0.07 2.61 0.348 0.60 0.16 2.30 0.456
Age of case at replacement >3 months (compared to ≤ 3 months) 2.79 0.56 13.98 0.212 1.97 0.52 7.46 0.318
*

The same subset of complete matched case-control pairs was used in each analysis

Both conditional and unconditional multivariable analysis results adjusted for significant variables in univariate analysis, including exclusive use of Complete MoisturePlus solution and reuse of solution >5 times per month

Unconditional analysis also adjusted for matching variables, including age (continuous) and date-of-service

§

Exact conditional logistic regression used when necessary

**

Exact unconditional logistic regression used when necessary