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. 2013 May 24;27(6):698–708. doi: 10.1038/eye.2013.85

Table 2. Bivariate analysis of VF-14 changes.

  VF-14 changes
  Men
Women
  <15 (n=660)
≥15 (n=1105)
P-value <15 (n=837)
≥15 (n=1584)
P-value
  n (%) n (%)   n (%) n (%)  
Age (years)     0.24     0.14
 <65 96 (14.81) 191 (17.51)   84 (10.13) 202 (12.87)  
 65–75 245 (37.81) 420 (38.50)   294 (35.46) 533 (33.97)  
 >75 307 (47.38) 480 (44.00)   451 (54.40) 834 (53.15)  
 
Level of education     0.94     <0.001
 None 145 (23.02) 234 (22.37)   220 (27.23) 529 (34.55)  
 Primary 334 (53.02) 555 (53.06)   485 (60.02) 863 (56.37)  
 Secondary or more 151 (23.97) 257 (24.57)   103 (12.75) 139 (9.08)  
 
Employment     0.44     0.26
 Employed 69 (10.58) 128 (11.70)   34 (4.12) 73 (4.68)  
 Housework 1 (0.15) 5 (0.46)   411 (49.82) 723 (46.35)  
 Retired 582 (89.26) 961 (87.84)   380 (46.06) 764 (48.97)  
 
Social dependency     <0.001     0.18
 Yes 250 (45.96) 538 (55.52)   338 (48.22) 726 (51.31)  
 No 294 (54.04) 431 (44.48   363 (51.78) 689 (48.69)  
 
Marital status     0.39     0.35
 Married/with partner 515 (81.49) 884 (83.63)   399 (49.02) 763 (49.61)  
 Divorced 52 (8.23) 69 (6.53)   79 (9.74) 123 (8.00)  
 Widowed 65 (10.28) 104 (9.84)   333 (41.06) 652 (42.39)  
 
Living arrangements     0.98     0.42
 Live alone 52 (8.00) 84 (7.72)   221 (29.98) 382 (24.50)  
 Live with partner 592 (91.08) 994 (91.36)   589 (71.92) 1160 (74.41)  
 Live in a residential home 6 (0.92) 10 (0.92)   9 (1.10) 17 (1.09)  
 
Contralateral VA     0.005     <0.001
 ≤0.1 29 (4.45) 70 (6.42)   24 (2.90) 82 (5.25)  
 0.2–0.4 188 (28.88) 376 (34.46)   282 (34.06) 637 (40.78)  
 ≥0.5 434 (66.67) 645 (59.12)   522 (63.04) 843 (53.97)  
 
Time to intervention (months)     0.77     0.33
 ≤2 166 (31.86) 272 (30.94)   179 (26.72) 335 (27.64)  
 2–4 240 (46.07) 422 (48.01)   334 (49.85) 563 (46.45)  
 ≥4 115 (22.07) 185 (21.05)   157 (23.43) 314 (25.91)  

Abbreviations: n (%), frequency (percentage); VA, visual acuity; VF-14, Visual Function Index-14.

For the association between categorical variables, we used the χ2- or Fisher's exact test.