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Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2014 May 29;34(4):479–488. doi: 10.1111/opo.12138

Table 4.

The odds ratios from the logistic models fitted to the prevalence of better-eye vision impairment.

Factor	Odds ratio
Factor	Mild VI	Low Vision
Age
40–44	-	-
45–49	1.6^***	1.5^***
50–54	2.4^***	1.7^***
55–59	2.9^***	1.6^**
60–64	3.5^***	1.9^***
65–69	4.8^***	2.4^***
Sex
Female	-	-
Male	0.9^***	0.9
Ethnicity
White	-	-
Non-white	1.7^***	1.4^***
Socioeconomic status
Medium-high socioeconomic status (>-1SD)	-	-
Low socioeconomic status (<-1SD)^†	1.5^***	2.0^***

^***

p < 0.001

^**

p < 0.01

p < 0.05

^†

Low socioeconomic status was defined as a Townsend deprivation index score lower than 1 standard deviation (SD) below the mean with reference to the general population of 40 to 69 year-olds; i.e. the most deprived 15% of the population.