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Br J Ophthalmol 88:614-618 doi:10.1136/bjo.2003.026997
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Sociodemographic characteristics associated with blindness in a Nile Delta governorate of Egypt

Table 3

Sociodemographic characteristics associated with blindness (stepwise logistic regression model)

Variable B (SE) Odds ratio (95% CI) p Value
Constant −8.636 (0.592) 1.78 0.000
Age (continuous) 0.107 (0.009) 1.11 (1.09 to 1.13) 0.000
Sex ( = female) 0.448 (0.164) 1.57 (1.14 to 2.16) 0.006
Marital status ( = unmarried) 0.405 (0.165) 1.50 (1.09 to 2.07) 0.014
Sanitation (index = general network)
    Latrine in house 0.545 (0.233) 1.73 (1.09 to 2.72) 0.019
    Latrine outside house 0.665 (0.337) 1.94 (1.00 to 3.76) 0.049
    Other 0.905 (0.364) 2.47 (1.21 to 5.04) 0.013

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