Table 3. Factors associated with visual impairment.
|
Blindness |
Partial sight |
P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | ||
| Age ≥60 years | 252 | 15 | 622 | 37 | <0.001 |
| Duration ≥10 years | 197 | 15 | 433 | 32.9 | <0.001 |
| Type 1 diabetes | 56 | 11 | 69 | 13.5 | 0.147 |
| Male gender | 163 | 44.5 | 347 | 36.9 | 0.248 |
| Hypertension | 174 | 10 | 429 | 24.8 | <0.001 |
| Heart disease | 61 | 15.1 | 219 | 27.2 | <0.001 |
| Obesity | 119 | 10.1 | 266 | 22.6 | 0.014 |
| Microalbuminuria | 14 | 10.6 | 30 | 22.7 | 0.513 |
| Macroalbuminuria | 3 | 21.4 | 6 | 42.9 | <0.001 |
| Hyperlipidemia | 93 | 9.5 | 214 | 22 | 0.091 |
| Vegetative neuropathy | 39 | 17.3 | 31 | 13.8 | 0.002 |
| Peripheral neuropathy | 57 | 6.6 | 219 | 25.3 | 0.03 |
| Tobacco | 93 | 9 | 265 | 25.7 | 0.860 |
| Alcohol | 15 | 4.1 | 351 | 8.2 | 0.178 |