Table 5.
Demographic factors associated with overall knowledge of Tehran residents above 45 years of age
| Glaucoma | Cataract | Diabetic Retinopathy | ||||
| OR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
| Age (per 10 years) | 0.92 (0.73,1.15) | 0.94 (0.71,1.23) | 0.94 (0.82,1.07) | 1.02 (0.86,1.2) | 0.92 (0.79,1.06) | 1.08 (0.91,1.29) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Female | 2.01*(1.3,3.1) | 1.93*(1.13,3.32) | 1.48*(1.15,1.92) | 1.48 (1.06,2.06) | 1.59*(1.21,2.09) | 1.84*(1.29,2.62) |
| Education | ||||||
| Illiterate | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| <6 | 1.53 (0.55,4.26) | 1.41 (0.49,4.11) | 1.04 (0.65,1.68) | 1.0 (0.6,1.67) | 0.97 (0.57,1.64) | 1.03 (0.59,1.8) |
| 6-12 | 2.42 (0.93,6.29) | 2.64 (0.96,7.26) | 1.76*(1.13,2.76) | 1.8*(1.1,2.97) | 1.84*(1.13,2.99) | 2.11*(1.23,3.61) |
| Academic | 4.17*(1.59,10.93) | 5.32*(1.89,14.99) | 1.93*(1.2,3.12) | 1.97*(1.15,3.37) | 1.78*(1.06,2.97) | 2.23*(1.25,3.97) |
| Insurance coverage | ||||||
| None | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Partial | 2.14*(1,4.56) | 2.01 (0.93,4.37) | 1.36 (0.95,1.95) | 1.31 (0.9,1.92) | 0.83 (0.57,1.21) | 0.85 (0.57,1.25) |
| Complete | 3.49*(1.56,7.84) | 2.44*(1.06,5.62) | 2.29*(1.48,3.53) | 1.77*(1.12,2.79) | 1.22 (0.79,1.89) | 0.98 (0.61,1.56) |
| Self-reported visual problems | ||||||
| None | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Yes | 1.63 (0.82,3.21) | 1.12 (0.55,2.27) | 1.81*(1.24,2.66) | 1.52*(1.02,2.27) | 1.25 (0.84,1.86) | 1.1 (0.73,1.67) |
| Job | ||||||
| Employed | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Other | 2.11*(1.23,3.63) | 1.89 (0.98,3.65) | 1.32 (0.99,1.75) | 1.17 (0.8,1.7) | 1.22 (0.9,1.65) | 0.95 (0.64,1.41) |
OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; Ref, reference group;
*
P value<0.05