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. 2019 Jun 9;9(6):e029700. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029700

Table 2.

The 6-year weighted mortality risk by level of visual impairment (VI) among the Nakuru Eye Disease Cohort Study Participants, stratified by age and gender

Weighted using inverse probability-weights Overall Male Female <60 years ≥60 years
N Risk per 1000/6 years (95% CI) N Risk per 1000/6 years (95% CI) N Risk per 1000/6 years (95% CI) N Risk per 1000/6 years (95% CI) N Risk per 1000/6 years (95% CI)
Visual acuity at baseline (better eye presenting)
All individuals 409/3441 119 (106 134) 236/1656 143 (123 165) 173/1785 98 (84 113) 86/1503 56 (4570) 323/1938 169 (151 188)
Normal (≥6/12) 280/2901 97 (84 111) 162/1378 118 (98 142) 118/1523 77 (6493) 78/1420 54 (4268) 202/1481 138 (120 159)
Near normal (<6/12 to ≥6/18) 27/170 158 (107 226) 14/84 168 (104 258) 13/86 148 (85 245) 3/27 106 (32 301) 24/143 168 (114 241)
VI (<6/18 to ≥6/60) 77/275 283 (236 336) 45/142 316 (252 388) 32/133 249 (178 338) 3/31 99 (31 271) 74/244 307 (252 368)
Severe VI (<6/60 to ≥3/60) 4/16 260 (86 566) 2/10 187 (34 603) 2/6 379 (51 875) 2/2 2/14 136 (27 475)
Blind (<3/60) 19/50 385 (245 548) 13/30 436 (247 646) 6/20 310 (133 570) 0/6 19/44 438 (279 612)
Any VI (<6/18) 100/341 297 (248 351) 60/182 328 (268 395) 40/159 262 (191 347) 5/39 137(57 297) 95/302 318 (262 380)