Table 2.

Odds Ratios and lower and upper 95% confidence intervals for associations between demographic variables and hearing impairment, controlling for age.

Variable	Unit	Odds Ratio	Lower confidence interval	Upper confidence interval
Sex	Male	1.62	0.86	3.03
Years of education	Per year	1.06	0.95	1.18
Depression score (CESD)	score ≥10	0.84	0.28	2.51
Cataract surgery history	Yes	1.97*	1.01	3.85
ARMD history	Yes	0.71	0.33	1.54
Glaucoma history	Yes	0.37*	0.15	0.88
Self reported hypertension	Yes	0.82	0.44	1.53
Self-reported Heart disease	Yes	1.34	0.72	2.49
Self-reported diabetes	Yes	1.46	0.55	3.91
Self-reported cancer	Yes	1.26	0.68	2.34
Self-reported stroke	Yes	2.69*	1.18	6.15
Self-reported arthritis	Yes	0.87	0.46	1.67

Bold text* indicates a significant association (p<0.05).