Table 7
Best corrected visual acuity (mean (SD); logarithmic value of the minimal angle of resolution (logMAR)) in the education subgroups in the rural population group and urban population group
| Education | Rural group | Urban group | p Value (95% CI) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | BCVA | Median | logMAR | No | BCVA | Median | logMAR | ||
| BCVA, best corrected visual acuity. | |||||||||
| For 29 subjects in the rural group and for 10 subjects in the urban group, data on the educational background were not available. For 29 (1.5%) subjects from the rural region and 10 (0.4%) subjects from the urban region, data on the level of education were not available. | |||||||||
| No data | 29 | 0.54 (0.31) | 0.60 | −0.40 (0.53) | 10 | 0.89 (0.17) | 1.00 | −0.33 (0.94) | <0.001 (−0.511 to −0.191) |
| Illiteracy | 304 | 0.70 (0.33) | 0.80 | −0.26 (0.50) | 49 | 0.62 (0.34) | 0.60 | −0.38 (0.57) | 0.13 (NS) (−0.023 to 0.1849 |
| Some reading | 112 | 0.83 (0.25) | 1.00 | −0.14 (0.34) | 14 | 0.59 (0.28) | 0.60 | −0.38 (0.35) | 0.006 (0.081 to 0.417) |
| Primary school | 533 | 0.89 (0.23) | 1.00 | −0.09 (0.29) | 133 | 0.83 (0.26) | 1.00 | −0.15 (0.33) | 0.010 (0.015 to 0.111) |
| Middle school | 989 | 0.96 (0.14) | 1.00 | −0.04 (0.24) | 796 | 0.89 (0.21) | 1.00 | −0.07 (0.25) | <0.001 (0.051 to 0.085) |
| College | 5 | 0.84 (0.36) | 1.00 | −0.14 (0.31) | 1464 | 0.94 (0.17) | 1.00 | −0.04 (0.17) | 0.55 (NS) (−0.547 to 0.341) |
