Table 1.

Demographic and other baseline summaries, overall and by eventual CLPC status

Variables	Full dataset, N=205		CLPC, n=52		No CLPC, n=153
	n	percent	n	percent of CLPC group	n	percent of non- CLPC group
Sex
Female	157	76.6%	39	75.0%	118	77.1%
Age (mean 32.8 y, range 15-62)
Under 21	26	12.7%	4	7.7%	22	14.4%
21-50	163	79.5%	45	86.5%	118	77.1%
50+	16	7.8%	3	5.8%	13	8.5%
Previous soft lens wear experience
Current or recent	152	74.1%	37	71.2%	115	75.2%
Neophytes
Never wore	21	10.2%	7	13.5%	14	9.2%
Discontinued more than 12 months ago	32	15.6%	8	15.4%	24	15.7%
Race
Caucasian	115	56.1%	27	51.9%	88	57.5%
African-American	49	23.9%	14	26.9%	35	22.9%
Asian	31	15.1%	7	13.5%	24	15.7%
Other	10	4.9%	4	7.7%	6	3.9%
Education (highest level achieved, 203 reported)
High School	17	8.4%	1	1.9%	16	10.6%
Some College	53	26.1%	14	26.9%	39	25.8%
College Degree (4- year)	61	30.0%	17	32.7%	44	29.1%
Graduate Work	72	35.5%	20	38.5%	52	34.4%
Smoking Status (201 reported)
Current	21	10.4%	6	11.5%	15	10.1%
Never	170	84.6%	43	82.7%	127	85.2%
Former	10	5.0%	3	5.8%	7	4.7%
History of previous adverse events (204 reported)
Yes	90	44.1%	24	46.2%	66	43.4%
No	93	45.6%	28	53.8%	65	42.8%
N/A	21	10.3%	0	0.0%	21	13.8%
Contact lens power
Greater than +/− 5.00 D	63	30.7%	1	1.9%	62	40.5%