Table 3. Presenting and Best-corrected Visual Impairment by Age, Gender and Education.
| No. | Presenting Low Vision |
Presenting Blindness |
Best-Corrected Low Vision |
Best-Corrected Blindness |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence | Adjusted Odds Ratio | Prevalence | Adjusted Odds Ratio | Prevalence | Adjusted Odds Ratio | Prevalence | Adjusted Odds Ratio | ||
| No. (%) | (95% CI) | No. (%) | (95% CI) | No. (%) | (95% CI) | No. (%) | (95% CI) | ||
| Age (yrs) | |||||||||
| 50–59 | 840 | 31(3.69) | — | 5(0.60) | — | 15(1.79) | — | 2(0.24) | — |
| 60–69 | 695 | 67(9.64) | 2.86(1.83–4.4)† | 13(1.87) | 2.96(1.03–8.46)* | 26(3.74) | 2.31(1.20–4.46)† | 9(1.29) | 4.91(1.03–23.10)* |
| 70–79 | 451 | 128(28.38) | 10.45(6.77–16.12)† | 22(4.88) | 8.04(2.92–22.15)* | 64(14.19) | 9.97(5.42–18.33)† | 18(3.99) | 15.51(3.47–69.40)* |
| ≥80 | 164 | 61(37.20) | 15.28(9.25–25.23)† | 24(14.63) | 27.87(9.99–77.75)† | 40(24.39) | 19.26(9.92–37.41)† | 17(10.37) | 44.80(9.82–204.21)† |
| Gender | |||||||||
| Female | 1360 | 203(14.93) | — | 35(2.57) | — | 105(7.72) | — | 24(1.76) | — |
| Male | 790 | 84(10.63) | 0.70(0.52–0.93)* | 29(3.67) | 1.71(1.01–2.90)* | 40(5.06) | 0.66(0.45–0.99)* | 22(2.78) | 1.92(1.04–3.52)* |
| Education | |||||||||
| Primary or higher | 531 | 37(6.97) | — | 7(1.32) | — | 20(3.77) | — | 4(0.75) | — |
| Illiterate | 1619 | 250(15.44) | 0.99(0.66–1.49) | 57(3.52) | 1.217(0.52–2.87) | 125(7.72) | 0.78(0.45–1.34) | 42(2.59) | 1.45(0.49–4.35) |
*P < 0.05.
†P < 0.0001.
CI = confidence interval.