Table 3.

Logistic regression predictive analysis for ‘Emerging Myopes-EMYO’ compared to ‘Persistent Emmetropes-PEMM’ for the younger cohort (between 6–7 and 15–16 years). Statistically significant predictive variables are underlined and in italics.

Predictive variables for emerging myopes	Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)
Gender Male 1, female 0	0.37 (0.11 to 1.23) p = 0.105
Socioeconomic status Quintiles 1 to 5, 1 = low, 5 = high	1.18 (0.81 to 1.74) p = 0.393
At least one parent myopic yes 1, no 0	6.28 (1.01 to 38.93) p = 0.048
Physical activity Sedentary 1, light activity 2, regular activity up to 3 h/week 3, regular activity > 3 h/week 4	0.47 (0.19 to 1.19) p = 0.113
Time spent doing nearwork Average hrs/week	0.76 (0.36 to 1.61) p = 0.471
BMI Per unit increase	1.00 (0.74 to 1.36) p = 0.982
Height Per m increase	0.14 (0 to 335.91) p = 0.625
Breastfed Yes 1, no 0	1.03 (0.47 to 2.28) p = 0.933
Axial length at baseline Per mm increase	2.50 (1.05 to 5.87) p = 0.038