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. 2022 Jul 4;16:2157–2166. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S368972

Table 3.

Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis of All Variables Associated with Likelihood of in-Person Follow-Up

Characteristic β Standard Error Wald χ2 OR 95% CI P-value
Lower Bound Upper Bound
Telehealth by provider (relative to none)
 Physician 0.833 0.075 123.53 2.299 1.985 2.663 <0.001
 ptometrist −0.233 0.079 8.638 0.792 0.678 0.925 0.003
Age 65 or older 0.363 0.051 50.062 1.438 1.300 1.590 <0.001
Male sex −0.124 0.048 6.760 0.883 0.804 0.970 0.009
Race/Ethnicity (relative to White, non-Hispanic)
 Asian −0.297 0.096 9.660 0.743 0.616 0.896 0.002
 Black or African American −0.287 0.143 3.991 0.751 0.567 0.995 0.046
 Hispanic or Latin American −0.205 0.14 2.134 0.815 0.619 1.072 0.144
 More than one race −0.246 0.249 0.976 0.782 0.480 1.274 0.323
 Other races −0.143 0.179 0.638 0.867 0.610 1.232 0.425
Primary language (relative to English) −0.303 0.118 6.611 0.738 0.586 0.930 0.010
Residence out of state −0.339 0.086 15.61 0.713 0.603 0.843 <0.001
Disease severity (relative to having no retinopathy)
 Nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy 0.087 0.053 2.725 1.091 0.984 1.211 0.099
 Proliferative diabetic retinopathy 0.862 0.145 35.218 2.368 1.781 3.147 <0.001
Average vision
 Worse eye vision [LogMAR] 1.222 0.173 49.643 3.395 2.417 4.770 <0.001
 Better eye vision [LogMAR] −1.061 0.203 27.200 0.346 0.232 0.516 <0.001
Constant −0.585 0.057 104.365 0.557 <0.001

Notes: Significance is marked in bold (P < 0.05). Patients with missing or unreported race are excluded from the multivariate logistic regression. Includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, and other races.

Abbreviations: NDPR, nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy; PDR, proliferative diabetic retinopathy; HbA1c(%), hemoglobin A1c(%); LogMAR, logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution.