Table 5.

Factors associated with visual impairment among adults aged ≥ 18 years at Debre Berhan town, Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 416, n = number of study participants)

Factors	Visual Impairment		COR(95% CI)	AOR(95% CI)	p-value
	No	Yes
Age (year)					0.0001
18–39	222	13	1.0	1.0
40–64	100	23	3.93(1.91–2.8.07)	3.04(1.22–7.58)	0.017
> 64	24	34	24.19(11.25–52.01)	12.18(4.47–33.20)	0.0001
Marital status					0.058
Single	141	37	1.63(0.97–2.73)	2.06(0.98–4.37)
Married	205	33	1.0	1.0
Education level					0.007
Illiterate	26	29	8.71(4.68–16.20)	3.02(1.36–6.72)
Literate	320	41	1.0	1.0
Family income					0.491
(US$)	74	32	3.85(1.78–8.35)	2.20(0.78–6.20)	0.137
< 57.31	108	19	1.57(0.69–3.54)	1.40(0.52–3.76)	0.506
57.31–101.07	75	9	1.07(0.41–2.77)	1.67(0.54–5.17)	0.373
101.11–51.61	89	10	1.0	1.0
> 151.61
Hypertension					0.840
Yes	15	6	2.07(0.77–5.53)	1.14(0.33–3.87)
No	331	64	1.0	1.0
Diabetes					0.278
Yes	5	4	4.13(1.08–15.80)	2.47(0.48–12.63)
No	341	66	1.0	1.0
Family history of eye problem					0.003
Yes	9	7	4.16(1.50–11.58)	7.02(1.95–25.22)
No	337	63	1.0	1.0
History of trauma					0.003
Yes	18	10	3.61(1.61–8.09)	4.44(1.64–12.04)
No	328	60	1.0	1.0
Occupation					0.595
Employed	141	14	1.0	1.0
Unemployed	205	56	2.75(1.48–5.13)	1.24(0.56–2.72)
Cigarette smoke					0.287
Yes	7	4	2.93(0.83–10.31)	2.42(0.42–12.29)
No	339	66	1.0
Family size					0.077
< 2	104	12	1.0	1.0
2–4	159	30	1.64(0.80–3.34)	2.25(0.83–6.14)	0.113
4–5	39	9	2.00(0.78–5.12)	2.25(0.63–8.03)	0.210
> 5	44	19	3.74(1.68–8.36)	4.44(1.43–13.75)	0.010