Table 5. Association of high polymegathism (increased variation of cell size) in study population (n = 468).
| Variable | Univariate OR (95%CI) | P-value | Multivariate§ OR (95%CI) | P-value | |
| HIV infection | |||||
| No | 1 | 1 | |||
| Yes | 1.26 (0.78–2.01) | 0.34 | 1.67 (1.00–2.78) | 0.04 | |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 1 | 1 | |||
| Female | 1.54 (0.86–2.78) | 0.15 | 2.79 (1.35–5.77) | 0.006 | |
| Age (years) | |||||
| 30–39 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 40–49 | 1.43 (0.83–2.48) | 1.31 (0.74–2.33) | |||
| >50 | 2.33 (1.28–4.25) | 0.02 | 2.33 (1.23–4.40) | 0.01* | |
| Work location | |||||
| Outdoor worker | 1.78 (1.02–3.10) | 1.76 (.100–3.12) | |||
| Indoor worker | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.05 | |
| Cigarette smoker | |||||
| Nil | 1 | 1 | |||
| 5 yrs or less | 1.91 (0.72–5.07) | 2.07 (0.71–6.02) | |||
| 6–15 | 1.27 (0.46–3.16) | 2.34 (0.73–7.44) | |||
| 16–20 | 1.69 (0.65–4.44) | 2.47 (0.83–7.39) | |||
| >20 | 1.87 (0.75–4.64) | 0.43 | 2.72 (0.91–8.12) | 0.02* | |
| Alcohol consumption | |||||
| No | 1 | 1 | |||
| Yes | 0.77 (0.47–1.22) | 0.26 | 0.70 (0.39–1.24) | 0.22 | |
| History of eye condition | |||||
| No | 1 | 1 | |||
| Yes | 1.71 (0.96–3.06) | 0.07 | 0.80 (0.38–1.72) | 0.57 | |
*
= test for trend.
§
Adjusted for all other variables in µodel.