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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cornea. 2017 Feb;36(2):131–137. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000001083

Table 3.

Results of Univariate Analyses for Penetrating and Lamellar Keratoplasties

Penetrating Keratoplasty Lamellar Keratoplasty

Characteristic OR (95% CI) P-value OR (95% CI) P-value
Age <0.001 0.001
 0–20 ref ref
 20–40 1.95 (1.22, 3.11) 1.64 (0.51, 5.31)
 40–60 1.07 (0.67, 1.72) 0.56 (0.17, 1.89)
 60–80 1.11 (0.67, 1.84) 0.48 (0.11, 2.00)
 ≥80 1.17 (0.43, 3.15) NA
Female 0.79 (0.67, 0.94) 0.006 0.76 (0.46, 1.25) 0.28
Region <0.001 0.65
 Midwest ref ref
 Northeast 0.52 (0.37, 0.73) 0.87 (0.40, 1.90)
 South 1.07 (0.88, 1.30) 0.91 (0.52, 1.62)
 West 1.24 (1.00, 1.55) 0.61 (0.28, 1.32)
Race <0.001 0.11
 White ref ref
 Black 1.70 (1.35, 2.13) 1.60 (0.80, 3.18)
 Hispanic/Latino 1.04 (0.79, 1.38) 1.67 (0.84, 3.33)
 Other 1.15 (0.89, 1.49) 0.44 (0.14, 1.41)
Education <0.001 0.47
 Bachelor Degree Plus ref ref
 Less than Bachelor Degree 2.01 (1.57, 2.56) NA
 High School Diploma 3.07 (2.36, 3.98) 2.01 (0.96, 4.22)
 Less than 12th Grade 2.16 (0.79, 5.96) 1.50 (0.78, 2.89)
 Unknown 3.23 (2.18, 4.80) 1.85 (0.52, 6.56)
Household Net Worth <0.001 0.02
 <$25K ref ref
 $25–149K 0.74 (0.53, 1.04) 0.77 (0.32, 1.87)
 $150–249K 0.50 (0.38, 0.65) 0.39 (0.18, 0.81)
 $250–499K 0.52 (0.37, 0.73) 0.46 (0.18, 1.22)
 $500K+ 0.37 (0.28, 0.50) 0.23 (0.09, 0.55)
 Unknown 0.68 (0.53, 0.88) 0.44 (0.21, 0.92)
Insurance Type 0.08 0.41
 Medicare ref ref
 Commercial 0.98 (0.71, 1.36) 2.18 (0.53, 8.92)
 Medicaid 2.12 (1.02, 4.43) 4.63 (0.42, 51.24)
Allergic Rhinitis 0.66 (0.46, 0.95) 0.03 0.81 (0.30, 2.24) 0.69
Asthma 0.81 (0.52, 1.26) 0.35 0.36 (0.05, 2.57) 0.31
Depression 0.84 (0.49, 1.47) 0.55 n/a
Diabetes 0.87 (0.63, 1.21) 0.42 0.20 (0.03, 1.44) 0.11
Down Syndrome 2.79 (0.87, 8.95) 0.08 n/a
Hyperlipidemia 0.67 (0.53, 0.86) 0.001 0.47 (0.20, 1.09) 0.08
Sleep apnea 1.06 (0.69, 1.64) 0.78 0.90 (0.22, 3.68) 0.88
Cataract 0.77 (0.57, 1.02) 0.07 0.42 (0.13, 1.32) 0.14
Macular degeneration 0.18 (0.03, 1.29) 0.09 n/a
Primary Open Angle Glaucoma 0.38 (0.14, 1.02) 0.054 0.90 (0.13, 6.52) 0.92
Pseudophakia/aphakia 1.00 (0.56, 1.79) 0.99 0.78 (0.11, 5.62) 0.80
Year <0.001 0.22
 2001–2008 ref ref
 2009–2012 0.57 (0.48, 0.67) 0.73 (0.45, 1.21)