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Published in final edited form as: Semin Ophthalmol. 2022 May 25;37(7-8):887–894. doi: 10.1080/08820538.2022.2072689

Table 3:

Relationship between sociodemographic variables and vision impairment and ocular conditions, the Michigan site of the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation.

Presenting
visual acuity-
defined
vision
impairment
n=246
Best-
corrected
visual acuity-
defined
vision
impairment
n=244
Cataract
n=210
Glaucoma
n=244
Hypertensive
retinopathy
n=238
Diabetic
retinopathy
n=242
Age-related
macular
degeneration
n=236
OR
(95% CI)
OR
(95% CI)
OR
(95% CI)
OR
(95% CI)
OR
(95% CI)
OR
(95% CI)
OR
(95% CI)
Age
0.99
(0.84, 1.16)
0.73
(0.51, 1.06)
1.35
(1.12, 1.64)
1.03
(0.84, 1.27)
1.02
(0.92, 1.14)
0.98
(0.81, 1.20)
1.17
(0.91,1.50)
African American (vs. White)
1.71
(0.63, 4.67)
1.21
(0.16, 8.86)
1.29
(0.44, 3.78)
4.03
(0.80, 20.34)
1.73
(0.91, 3.30)
0.81
(0.26, 2.47)
0.46
(0.10, 2.17)
Very/some difficulty paying for basics (vs. none)
3.05
(1.28, 7.26)
4.70
(0.75, 29.34)
0.99
(0.34, 2.82)
0.79
(0.22, 2.82)
2.50
(1.37, 4.55)
4.39
(1.41, 13.65)
0.30
(0.03, 2.69)
Education: ≤ High school vs. college / post-college
3.16
(0.63, 15.91)
1.02
(0.07, 15.13)
7.04
(1.26, 39.35)
0.61
(0.11, 3.42)
1.00
(0.43, 2.31)
1.35
(0.29, 6.24)
1.26
(0.17, 9.29)
Education: Some college vs. college degree / post-college
3.04
(0.64, 14.39)
0.92
(0.07, 11.62)
3.32
(0.62, 17.73)
0.77
(0.18, 3.41)
1.04
(0.49, 2.22)
1.15
(0.27, 4.87)
0.80
(0.15, 4.33)
a

Bold values represent p<0.05.

b

OR = odds ratio; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval

c

All models include age, race/ethnicity, difficulty paying for basics, and education