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. 2021 Mar 23;15:1249–1258. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S304735

Table 3.

Association Between Gender and Contact Lens (CL) Pattern with Poor CL Behavior

Factors Categories Contact Lens Behaviors Univariate Analysis Multivariate Analysis
Poor Good OR (95% CI) P value Adjusted OR (95% CI) Adjusted p value
Gender Male 25 (37.88%) 41 (62.12%) 0.75 (0.43, 1.30) 0.309
Female 121 (44.81%) 149 (55.19%)
Lens replacement schedule Monthly 132 (56.44%) 171 (56.44%) 1.03 (0.47, 2.25) 0.942
Daily/bi-weekly 12 (42.86%) 16 (57.14%)
Colored contact lenses Yes 27 (49.09%) 28 (50.91%) 1.32 (0.73, 2.38) 0.354
No 100 (42.19%) 137 (57.81%)
Purpose of wearing lenses Refractive correction 125 (43.10%) 165 (56.90%) 0.90 (0.48, 1.68) 0.746
Cosmetic purposes 21 (45.65%) 25 (54.35%)
Refractive errors < −3.00 D (high myopia) 52 (50.49%) 51 (49.51%) 1.51 (0.94, 2.40) 0.084 1.36 (0.83, 2.23) 0.227
≥ −3.00 D (low myopia) 94 (40.34%) 139 (59.66%)
Place of purchase Flea market 25 (52.08%) 23 (47.92%) 1.69 (0.90, 3.15) 0.099 1.83 (0.96, 3.48) 0.066
Internet 27 (61.36%) 17 (38.64%) 2.47 (1.27, 4.78) 0.007* 2.74 (1.39, 5.41) 0.004*
Optical shop 92 (39.15%) 143 (60.85%)
Wearing experience > 1 year 119 (47.60%) 131 (52.40%) 1.98 (1.18, 3.33) 0.008* 1.82 (1.04, 3.18) 0.035*
≤ 1 year 27 (31.40%) 59 (68.60%)
Lens wear duration per day > 12 hours 17 (62.96%) 10 (37.04%) 2.37 (1.05, 5.35) 0.037* 2.56 (1.07 6.13) 0.035*
≤ 12 hours 129 (41.75%) 17 (62.96%)
Lens wear per week > 5 days 53 (51.46%) 50 (48.54%) 1.59 (1.00, 2.54) 0.049* 1.38 (0.84, 2.26) 0.197
≤ 5 days 93 (39.91) 140 (60.09%)

Note: *Statistical significance at p value < 0.05.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.