Table 5.

Public awareness of risk factors for AMD by sociodemographic factors (n = 1076).

	Public Awareness of Risk Factors for AMD
	Older Age		Genetic Predisposition		Tobacco Use		Unhealthy Diet		Arterial Hypertension		Dyslipidemia
Variable	%	p	%	p	%	p	%	p	%	p	%	p
Gender
male	19.7	0.06	9.7	0.001	7.7	0.6	7.1	0.9	13.4	0.7	5.3	0.003
female	24.5		16.5		8.6		7.0		12.5		10.1
Age group (years)
18–34	16.0	<0.001	10.1	0.1	8.6	0.6	7.1	0.9	7.1	<0.001	7.1	0.5
35–49	21.1		15.1		9.3		7.2		14.0		6.8
50–64	25.8		13.1		8.1		6.4		15.4		9.7
65+	30.9		17.9		5.6		8.0		18.5		8.0
Educational level
higher	23.9	0.3	15.8	0.05	8.8	0.5	8.6	0.1	14.7	0.2	9.5	0.1
less than higher	21.2		11.7		7.7		6.0		11.7		6.8
Married
yes	22.1	0.9	14.8	0.2	7.5	0.4	7.0	0.9	13.5	0.5	7.7	0.8
no	22.5		11.8		8.9		7.2		12.2		8.2
Place of residence
rural area	19.1	0.06	11.9	0.2	6.2	0.1	6.2	0.4	11.2	0.2	7.9	0.5
city < 20,000 inhabitants	17.6		9.6		14.0		10.3		12.5		5.1
city ≥ 20,000 and <100,000 inhabitants	24.1		16.5		8.5		5.7		15.6		8.0
city ≥ 100,000 and <500,000 inhabitants	26.2		16.8		7.9		8.4		10.5		10.5
city ≥ 500,000 inhabitants	28.4		11.9		8.2		6.7		17.9		6.7
Having children
yes	23.8	0.1	14.8	0.06	7.8	0.6	6.8	0.7	14.1	0.1	8.1	0.7
no	19.6		10.8		8.8		7.5		10.8		7.5
Occupational activity
active	19.1	0.002	11.6	0.04	7.8	0.6	7.5	0.5	12.4	0.5	6.7	0.1
passive	27.2		16.1		8.7		6.4		13.7		9.7
Economic status
good	23.9	0.2	14.5	0.7	8.5	0.04	7.7	0.8	12.3	0.7	8.9	0.6
moderate	19.4		12.5		5.9		6.9		14.0		7.1
bad	24.4		13.0		11.4		6.3		12.2		7.5
Presence of chronic diseases
yes	27.6	<0.001	17.2	0.001	9.8	0.08	7.9	0.3	14.0	0.3	10.3	0.01
no	18.1		10.4		6.9		6.4		12.0		6.0
Wearing spectacles or contact lenses
yes	25.6	0.004	15.3	0.04	8.4	0.8	6.9	0.8	14.0	0.3	8.4	0.5
no	18.3		11.0		7.9		7.3		11.6		7.3

All statistically significant variables are bolded.