Table 3:

Relationship between demographic characteristics and type of refractive error (Based on Spherical Equivalents)

Variable		Type of refractive error		χ2	p value
		Myopic error	Hypermetropic error
		n (%)	n (%)
Age groups	1 – 5 years	12 (54.5%)	10 (45.5%)
	6 – 10 years	62 (69.7%)	27 (30.3%)	2.950	0.229
	11 – 15 years	113 (72.4%)	43 (27.6%)
Gender	Male	61 (67.8%)	29 (32.2%)	0.330	0.565
	Female	126 (71.2%)	51 (28.8%)