Table 2.

Independent risk factors associated with different types of anisometropia in the Multi-Ethnic Pediatric Eye Disease Study based on stepwise multivariate regression analyses.

Risk factor*	OR	CI
SE Anisometropia
Esotropia vs No Strabismus	6.20	(3.24, 11.89)
Exotropia vs No Strabismus	3.52	(1.79, 6.95)
Hypermetropic SE Anisometropia
Esotropia vs No Strabismus	7.53	(3.81, 14.91)
Family_amblyopia	3.50	(1.22, 10.03)
Cylinder Anisometropia
Age group
06–11 Months vs 60–72 Months	2.74	(1.81, 4.16)
12–23 Months vs 60–72 Months	1.60	(1.07, 2.39)
Esotropia vs No Strabismus	3.02	(1.35, 6.73)
Exotropia vs No Strabismus	3.99	(2.21, 7.19)
Cylinder vector anisometropia
Age group
06–11 Months vs 60–72 Months	2.91	(2.11, 4.00)
12–23 Months vs 60–72 Months	1.61	(1.20, 2.16)
24–35 Months vs 60–72 Months	1.39
Esotropia vs No Strabismus	2.04	(1.01, 4.10)
Exotropia vs No Strabismus	3.75	(2.25, 6.26)
Down syndrome	6.21	(1.27, 30.25)

OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; SE = spherical equivalent

^*variables listed in order of entry into the model