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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eye Contact Lens. 2014 May;40(3):117–122. doi: 10.1097/ICL.0000000000000019

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%