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. 2022 Jun 4;22:248. doi: 10.1186/s12886-022-02471-2

Table 2.

Counts and sample proportions of children with myopia for the different grouping variables which we call risk factors:

Grouping characteristic Count (Sample proportions)
School Rural(Small tawn) Urban (Capital) Sport(Capital) Urban (medium sized town)
28 (8.36%) 43 (31.38%) 16 (8.84%) 149 (19.91%)
Age 6 - 10 11 - 15
128 (19.93%) 108 (14.22%)
Gender Male Female
103 (13.86%) 133 (20.21%)
Sport Every day Not every day
48 (11.74%) 186 (19.60%)
Screen time Less than 4 hours More or equal to 4 hours
179 (17.92%) 51 (14.87%)
Previous examination Yes No
67 (9.81%) 169 (23.93%)
Parents wear glasses None of the parents At least one parent
113 (13.47%) 114 (23.46%)