Table 4.
Association of age (years), gender, and knowledge level of three common eye diseases among the respondents from a southern suburb of Hong Kong.
| Variables | AMD | Cataract | Glaucoma | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | p-value | OR (95% CI) | p-value | OR (95% CI) | p-value | ||
| Multiplicative interaction model | |||||||
| Exposure | Age (years) | 0.79 (0.61–0.93) | 0.021** | 0.94 (0.88–1.00) | 0.057* | 1.04 (0.96–1.13) | 0.402 |
| Effect modifier | Gender | 0.00 (0.00–0.03) | 0.034** | 4.56 (0.01–1424.5) | 0.606 | 150.8 (0.17–175,268) | 0.151 |
| Interaction | Age:gender | 1.25 (1.04–1.63) | 0.042** | 0.97 (0.89–1.06) | 0.522 | 0.93 (0.84–1.03) | 0.164 |
| Stratification (by gender) | |||||||
| Male | (n = 21) | (n = 66) | (n = 43) | ||||
| Exposure | Age (years) | 0.79 (0.61–0.93) | 0.021** | 0.94 (0.88–1.00) | 0.057* | 1.04 (0.96–1.13) | 0.402 |
| Female | (n = 44) | (n = 116) | (n = 74) | ||||
| Exposure | Age (years) | 0.99 (0.91–1.07) | 0.764 | 0.91 (0.86–0.96) | <0.001*** | 0.96 (0.91–1.02) | 0.223 |
| Overall | (n = 65) | (n = 182) | (n = 117) | ||||
| Exposure | Age (years) | 0.96 (0.89–1.02) | 0.173 | 0.93 (0.89–0.96) | <0.001*** | 0.99 (0.94–1.03) | 0.561 |
AMD: age-related macular degeneration; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.
*
p < 0.1; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01.