Table 2.
Cataract Frequency and Surgery in U.S. Radiologic Technologists according to NM Work History Characteristics (n = 42 545)

Note.—Missing answers were due to unknown answers or nonapplicable questions.
*Data are numbers of cases of a self-reported diagnosis of cataract in the population of radiologic technologists in the given subgroup.
†HRs were calculated by using Cox proportional hazards models fitted with age as the time scale metric, stratified according to birth-year cohort (born before 1940 or born in 1940 or later), and adjusted for sex and race. Numbers in parentheses are 95% CIs. Ref = reference.
‡Data are numbers of cases of cataract removal surgery in the population of radiologic technologists with self-diagnosed cataract in the given subgroup.
§Statistically significant.