Table 2. Characteristics of the participants according to the presence or absence of age-related cataract by gender.
| Overallproportion | Total | P | Men | P | Women | P | ||||
| absence | presence | absence | presence | absence | presence | |||||
| Sex (%) | <.001 | |||||||||
| male | 48.5(0.4) | 50.4(0.7) | 45.7(0.7) | |||||||
| female | 51.5(0.4) | 49.6(0.7) | 54.3(0.7) | |||||||
| Age (yrs) | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | |||||||
| 40–49 | 38.4(0.8) | 56.8(1.1) | 10.0(0.9) | 57.9(1.3) | 11.6(1.1) | 55.8(1.3) | 8.7(1.0) | |||
| 50–59 | 29.2(0.7) | 32.4(0.9) | 24.4(1.0) | 31.7(1.1) | 28.4(1.5) | 33.1(1.1) | 20.9(1.0) | |||
| 60–69 | 17.5(0.5) | 8.9(0.5) | 30.6(0.8) | 8.7(0.6) | 31.6(1.3) | 9.2(0.6) | 29.8(1,0) | |||
| ≥70 | 14.9(0.5) | 1.8(0.2) | 35.0(1.2) | 1.8(0.3) | 28.4(1.3) | 1.9(0.3) | 40.6(1.4) | |||
| Residence (urban) | 74.9(2.1) | 79.2(2.0) | 68.3(2.8) | <.001 | 78.4(2.1) | 69.7(2.9) | <.001 | 80.1(2,0) | 67.1(2.8) | <.001 |
| Education (> 6 yrs) | 67.0(0.8) | 81.5(0.8) | 44.5(1.2) | <.001 | 87.0(0.9) | 63.1(1.5) | <.001 | 75.8(1.0) | 28.8(1.4) | <.001 |
| Income (Lowest quartile) | 21.6(0.7) | 12.5(0.7) | 35.8(1.2) | <.001 | 10.9(0.7) | 30.0(1.3) | <.001 | 14.1(0.8) | 40.8(1.4) | <.001 |
| Occupation (farmer/fisher) | 10.0(1.1) | 6.9(0.8) | 14.8(1.8) | <.001 | 8.5(1.0) | 17.2(2.2) | <.001 | 5.2(0.7) | 12.7(1.6) | <.001 |
| Outdoor activities (yes) | 98.3(0.4) | 98.6(0.4) | 97.9(0.7) | 0.207 | 99.0(0.4) | 98.0(0.7) | 0.194 | 98.3(0.4) | 97.9(0.7) | 0.405 |
| Sun exposure (yes) | 25.7(1.0) | 21.7(0.9) | 32.0(1.7) | <.001 | 29.9(1.2) | 39.0(1.8) | <.001 | 13.3(0.9) | 26.1(1.9) | <.001 |
| Family history of eye disease (yes) | 18.1(0.5) | 21.5(0.7) | 12.9(0.7) | <.001 | 20.5(1.0) | 12.5(0.9) | <.001 | 22.5(0.9) | 13.2(0.8) | <.001 |
| Ever-smoker (yes) | 44.1(0.5) | 44.9(0.7) | 42.8(0.8) | 0.048 | 81.7(0.8) | 82.7(1.0) | <.001 | 7.5(0.6) | 9.2(0.7) | 0.078 |
| Heavy drinker (yes) | 18.0(0.6) | 19.6(0.7) | 14.8(0.9) | <.001 | 28.9(1.1) | 22.8(1.3) | <.001 | 7.4(0.7) | 3.4(0.6) | <.001 |
| Regular exercise (yes) | 25.5(0.7) | 27.0(0.8) | 23.3(1.0) | 0.002 | 28.1(1.1) | 25.7(1.4) | 0.161 | 25.8(0.9) | 21.3(1.1) | <.001 |
Data are presented as the means±SE or % (SE).