TABLE 4.
Multivariate analysis of the correlation between diagnostic yield, and age, sex, ethnicity, suspected inheritance pattern and clinical diagnosis
| Wald test | Statistic | p value |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | 2.90 | 0.089 |
| Diagnosis | 20.49 | 0.0023* |
| Inheritance | 5.49 | 0.14 |
| Ethnicity | 1.78 | 0.41 |
| Age | 23.45 | 1.29E−06* |
| odds ratio | p value | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 0.97 | 1.29E‐06* |
| Diagnosis (odds ratio as compared to rod‐cone dystrophy) | ||
| Cone dystrophy | 1.74 | 0.30 |
| Cone‐rod dystrophy | 0.95 | 0.90 |
| Macula dystrophy | 0.35 | 0.016* |
| Congenital stationary night blindness | 5.43 | 0.13 |
| Retinal dystrophy | 0.51 | 0.022* |
| Vitreoretinopathy | 0.25 | 0.0077* |
Wald test is used to assess statistical significance at the level of the independent variables, and the result of the logistic regression is given for those independent variables reaching statistical significance in the Wald test.
*
Denotes statistically significant result.