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. 2010 May;5(5):867–873. doi: 10.2215/CJN.08271109

Table 4.

Characteristics associated with having any pathology, retinopathy, or signs of glaucoma: Logistic regression model

Characteristic Any Fundus Pathology
Retinopathya
Signs of Glaucoma
OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P
Age (years)
    <50 1.00 <0.001
    50 to 59 0.57 (0.38 to 0.84)
    60 to 69 0.36 (0.25 to 0.53)
    ≥70 0.26 (0.17 to 0.40)
Gender
    female 1.00 0.01 1.00 0.01 1.00 0.01
    male 1.29 (1.06 to 1.57) 1.52 (1.17 to 1.96) 1.59 (1.14 to 2.22)
Race
    white 1.00 <0.001 1.00 <0.001 1.00 <0.001
    nonwhite 1.63 (1.33 to 1.99) 1.66 (1.29 to 1.96) 3.32 (2.31 to 4.77)
Hypertension and diabetes
    neither 1.00 <0.001 1.00 0.004
    hypertension 1.47 (0.97 to 2.23) 1.00 <0.001 1.16 (0.61 to 2.21)
    diabetes 5.18 (2.43 to 11.06) 10.58 (5.07 to 22.06) 1.41 (0.42 to 4.78)
    both 3.75 (2.47 to 5.71) 9.70 (7.16 to 13.21) 0.62 (0.32 to 1.20)
eGFR (ml/min per 1.73 m2)
    ≥50 1.00 <0.001 1.00 <0.001
    40 to 49 1.16 (0.88 to 1.53) 1.01 (0.70 to 1.47)
    30 to 39 1.31 (1.00 to 1.74) 1.98 (1.38 to 2.83)
    ≤29 2.12 (1.62 to 2.78) 2.99 (2.05 to 4.06)
Any CVD
    absent 1.00 <0.001 1.00 0.001
    present 1.56 (1.27 to 1.92) 1.65 (1.28 to 2.14)
BMI (kg/m2)
    <25.0 1.00 0.01
    25.0 to 29.9 0.65 (0.44 to 0.95)
    30.0 to 34.9 0.69 (0.47 to 1.01)
    ≥35.0 0.51 (0.35 to 0.76)

All factors listed with ORs were included in the final model after stepwise selection. CI, confidence interval.

a

Participants (n = 181) with neither hypertension nor diabetes were excluded from the model because only one (0.55%) had retinopathy.