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

Table 5. Multivariate analysis, by GEEs, of the changes in the VF-14 stratified by sex.

  VF-14 changes
  Men
Women
  OR (95% CI) P-value OR (95% CI) P-value
Age
 <65 Reference   Reference  
 65–75 0.97 (0.68–1.40) 0.88 0.71 (0.45–1.13) 0.15
 >75 0.79 (0.55–1.14) 0.21 0.65 (0.41–1.04) 0.07
 
Employment
 Employed Reference   Reference  
 Housework 2.40 (0.21–27.13) 0.48 0.76 (0.43–1.32) 0.33
 Retired 0.81 (0.53–1.23) 0.32 0.88 (0.49–1.58) 0.66
 
Level of education
 None Reference   Reference  
 Primary 1.17 (0.91–1.50) 0.23 0.72 (0.56–0.93) 0.01
 Secondary or more 1.03 (0.70–1.50) 0.89 0.61 (0.45–0.82) 0.001
 
Marital status
 Married/with partner Reference   Reference  
 Divorced 0.57 (0.30–1.10) 0.09 0.95 (0.62–1.46) 0.82
 Widowed 0.82 (0.53–1.28) 0.39 1.20 (0.96–1.50) 0.10
 
Social dependency
 Yes 1.37 (1.12–1.69) 0.003 1.01 (0.84–1.21) 0.92
 No Reference   Reference  
 
Living arrangements
 Live alone Reference   Reference  
 Live with partner 0.84 (0.45–1.57) 0.59 1.25 (0.97–1.61) 0.09
 Live in a residential home 2.28 (0.61–8.57) 0.22 1.35 (0.73–2.47) 0.34

Abbreviations: GEE, generalised estimating equation; OR, odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence intervals; Reference, reference category.

Models were developed using GEE models.

Adjusted by pre-intervention values of the outcome variable studied, ocular comorbidities, contralateral VA, and technical complexity.