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

Table 3. Bivariate analysis of VA changes.

  VA changes
  Men
Women
  <0.41 (n=575)
≥0.41 (n=1366)
P-value <0.41 (n=915)
≥0.41 (n=1859)
P-value
  n (%) n (%)   n (%) n (%)  
Age (years)     <0.001     <0.001
 <65 67 (11.75) 261 (19.38)   88 (9.71) 242 (13.07)  
 65–75 211 (37.02) 521 (38.68)   286 (31.57) 671 (36.25)  
 >75 292 (51.23) 565 (41.95)   532 (58.72) 938 (50.68)  
 
Level of education     0.002     <0.001
 None 147 (26.97) 263 (20.48)   340 (39.86) 509 (28.94)  
 Primary 261 (47.89) 723 (56.31)   441 (51.70) 1068 (60.72)  
 Secondary or more 137 (25.14) 298 (23.21)   72 (8.44) 182 (10.35)  
 
Employment     0.01     0.002
 Employed 43 (7.66) 167 (12.48)   28 (3.19) 86 (4.76)  
 Housework 1 (0.18) 7 (0.52)   373 (42.48) 861 (47.67)  
 Retired 517 (92.16) 1164 (87.00)   477 (54.33) 859 (47.56)  
 
Social dependency     0.33     0.003
 Yes 240 (54.42) 636 (51.71)   416 (55.39) 819 (48.81)  
 No 201 (45.58) 594 (48.29)   335 (44.61) 859 (51.19)  
 
Marital status     0.62     0.05
 Married/with partner 442 (29.49) 1057 (70.51)   390 (45.30) 884 (50.08)  
 Divorced 43 (29.25) 104 (70.57)   74 (8.59) 152 (8.61)  
 Widowed 64 (32.82) 131 (67.18)   397 (46.11) 729 (41.30)  
 
Living arrangements     0.29     0.16
 Live alone 47 (8.47) 120 (9.02)   244 (28.01) 447 (24.78)  
 Live with partner 499 (89.91) 1200 (90.16)   614 (70.49) 1335 (74.00)  
 Live in a residential home 9 (1.62) 11 (0.83)   13 (1.49) 22 (1.22)  
 
Contralateral VA     0.005     0.15
 ≤0.1 49 (8.60) 71 (5.24)   48 (5.29) 88 (4.76)  
 0.2–0.4 193 (33.86) 420 (31)   360 (39.65) 670 (36.26)  
 ≥0.5 328 (57.54) 864 (63.76)   500 (55.07) 1090 (58.98)  
 
Time to intervention (months)     0.39     0.51
 ≤2 131 (28.98) 378 (32.50)   204 (28.02) 442 (27.97)  
 2–4 218 (48.23) 533 (45.83)   331 (45.47) 752 (47.59)  
 ≥4 103 (22.79) 252 (21.67)   193 (26.51) 386 (24.43)  

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

Change of VA is defined as the difference of the best-corrected VA measured at six weeks after surgery and the baseline assessment categorised.

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