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Association between cause of visual impairment and hospital admission |
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Model 2 |
Model 3 |
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95% CI |
Rate ratio |
95% CI |
Rate ratio |
95% CI |
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| Visual acuity 6/9 or better |
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1 |
1 |
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| AMD |
1.32 |
0.98,1.79 |
0.96 |
0.70,1.32 |
1.13 |
0.83,1.54 |
| Cataract |
1.46 |
1.09,1.96 |
1.20 |
0.86,1.67 |
1.31 |
0.96,1.78 |
| Other causes |
1.42 |
1.02,1.97 |
1.11 |
0.74,1.67 |
1.28 |
0.89,1.86 |
| Refractive error |
1.31 |
1.04,1.66 |
1.13 |
0.87,1.45 |
1.20 |
0.94,1.54 |
| Cause unknown |
1.28 |
0.89,1.83 |
1.14 |
0.78,1.68 |
1.18 |
0.82,1.70 |
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CI: confidence intervals 49 practices; people with MMSE score of less than 12 were excluded; analyses take into account the cluster design of the study Model 1: adjusted age and sex Model 2: adjusted age, sex, housing tenure, financial difficulties, smoking, depression, diabetes, reported major illness, self-reported health, falls, ADL, self-reported activity, MMSE. Model 3: adjusted age, sex, housing tenure, financial difficulties, smoking, diabetes, reported major illness, MMSE. | ||||||
Evans et al. BMC Ophthalmology 2008 8:16 doi:10.1186/1471-2415-8-16 |
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