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. 2021 Nov 11;15:4431–4438. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S337360

Table 3.

Association of Select Risk Factors with Refractive Errors Outside of ±1.0 Diopters

Refractive Error Outside ±1.0 Diopters
Yes No
Risk Factor n % n % Total OR 95% CI P
Total population 349 6.1% 5367 93.9% 5716 NA NA NA
Exposure of Interest
 History of TED 9 13.8% 56 86.2% 65 2.5 1.1–5.7 0.0274
 No History of TED 340 6.0% 5311 94.0% 5651 Ref
Gender
 Males 156 6.0% 2435 94.0% 2591 1.0
 Females 193 6.2% 2932 93.8% 3125 Ref 0.8–1.3 0.8202
Race/Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic White 250 6.1% 3874 93.9% 4124 Ref
 African American 43 8.1% 486 91.9% 529 1.4 1.0–2.0 0.0827
 Hispanic 24 4.8% 475 95.2% 499 0.8 0.5–1.2 0.2998
 Other/Unknown 32 5.7% 532 94.3% 564 0.9 0.6–1.4 0.7283
Smoking Status
 Former/Current 151 5.5% 2590 94.5% 2741 Ref
 Never 198 6.7% 2772 93.3% 2970 0.8 0.6–1.0 0.0887
 Unknown 0 0% 5 100% 5 NA NA NA
Type of Surgery
 Combined surgery 75 10.4% 648 89.6% 723 2.0 1.5–2.6 <0.0001
 Phacoemulsification only 274 5.5% 4717 94.5% 4991 Ref
Refractive Error Outside ±1.0 Diopters
Yes No
Axial Length (mm), mean ± SD 24.3 ± 1.9 24.1 ± 1.4 0.0087

Abbreviation: TED, thyroid eye disease.