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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2010 Feb;117(2):207–15.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.07.015

Table 4. Forward Stepwise Logistic Regression Results Stratified by Utilization of Eye Care in the Los Angeles Latino Eye Study (LALES, n=5,455).

One or More Eye Care Visits in Past 12 Months
(n=1,964, 36%)
Ever Had a Dilated Eye Exam
(n=3,109, 57%)
One or More Dilated Eye Exams in Past 12 Months
(n=1,036, 19%)
Predisposing Demographic Variables
Age 4 1 3
Gender 6 9 ---
Predisposing Social Variables
Language Preference 9 10 ---
Education 7 2 5
Enabling Variables
Insurance Status 1 5 2
Usual Place of Care 11 --- 7
Usual Provider 3 3 6
Currently Driving 12 8 ---
Evaluated Need Variables
Distance Visual Impairment 10 --- ---
Near Visual Impairment 5 7 ---
Self-Reported Need Variable
Comorbidity score 2 4 1
NEI VFQ-25 8 6 4

NEI VFQ-25 (National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire-25)

Note. This table shows the order in which variables were selected in the forward stepwise logistic regression analyses of access to eye care. The number 1 indicates that this was the first variable selected. Estimates of the adjusted odds ratios are given in Table 3.