Table 2.
Characteristics of participants by response to dissemination of results and by acceptance of treatment unmasking
| SURVEY | TREATMENT UNMASKING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHARACTERISTICS | Responders (n = 610) | Non-responders (n = 207) | χ2 test | Accepted (n = 480) | Declined (n = 130) | χ2 test |
| % | % | P | % | % | P | |
| SEX | ||||||
| Male | 53.3 | 41.1 | 51.5 | 60.0 | ||
| Female | 46.7 | 58.9 | 0.002 | 48.5 | 40.0 | 0.08 |
| MARITAL STATUS | ||||||
| Married | 78.9 | 67.1 | 78.7 | 79.2 | ||
| Other | 21.1 | 32.9 | 0.002 | 21.3 | 20.8 | 0.81 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||
| Primary school | 44.9 | 54.6 | 42.3 | 54.6 | ||
| Middle school | 25.8 | 21.3 | 28.1 | 16.9 | ||
| High school | 29.3 | 24.1 | 0.06 | 29.6 | 28.5 | 0.01 |
| TREATMENT ASSIGNED | ||||||
| Placebo | 48.8 | 51.7 | 46.5 | 57.7 | ||
| Treatment | 51.2 | 48.3 | 0.48 | 53.5 | 42.3 | 0.02 |
| CATARACT SURGERY | ||||||
| Yes | 21.2 | 28.5 | 21.5 | 20.0 | ||
| No | 78.8 | 71.5 | 0.03 | 78.5 | 80.0 | 0.72 |
| AGE (MEAN) | ||||||
| Years | 79.7 | 82.1 | <0.001* | 79.5 | 80.4 | 0.04* |
* T test