Table 3.

Factors influencing presenting visual acuity (VA)¹⁸

Predictors	Difference in logMAR VA	95% confidence interval
White female	Reference category
Non-white female	1.43	+0.52 to +2.35
White male	0.78	−0.21 to +1.78
Non-white male	−1.66	−2.82 to −0.50
Adnexal injury only	Reference category
Contusion	0.73	+0.16 to +1.30
Penetrating or IOFB	0.53	+0.02 to +1.04
Perforating or rupture	1.38	+0.53 to +2.24
+1 year age in female patients	+0.13	+0.03 to +2.32
+1 year age in male patients	−0.16	−0.04 to −2.71

Notes: Results of a generalized linear model created to assess the effect of time to presentation, gender, ethnicity, age, time to surgery, and injury classification according to BETT.¹⁸ Nonsignificant variables were removed from the model, and response categories collapsed where appropriate to improve model fit.

Abbreviation: IOFB, intraocular foreign body.