Table 2

Multivariate odds ratios for having seen an eye care provider

	Seen both		Optometrist only		Opthalmologist only		Never seen
Variable	Odds ratio	95% Confidence interval	Odds ratio	95% Confidence interval	Odds ratio	95% Confidence interval	Odds ratio	95% Confidence interval
NS=not significant.
Residential location
Urban	1		1				1
Rural	0.43	0.37 to 0.51	2.59	2.26 to 2.97	0.14	0.09 to 0.20	1.88	1.45 to 2.45
Private insurance
No	1		1		NS		1
Yes	1.48	1.28 to 1.70	0.74	0.65 to 0.84			0.63	0.49 to 0.82
Age (years)
40–49	1		1		1		1
50–59	1.44	1.18 to 1.74	1.51	1.28 to 1.78	0.90	0.68 to 1.19	0.27	0.20 to 0.36
60–69	2.00	1.64 to 2.44	1.39	1.15 to 1.69	0.99	0.74 to 1.32	0.08	0.05 to 0.13
70–79	3.00	2.38 to 3.76	0.96	0.77 to 1.21	1.32	0.95 to 1.84	0.04	0.02 to 0.09
80+	4.35	3.04 to 6.20	0.50	0.35 to 0.71	1.19	0.71 to 2.01	0.08	0.03 to 0.21
Language
English	1		1		NS		1
Asian	1.16	0.56 to 2.40	1.04	0.55 to 1.97			0.45	0.12 to 1.60
Greek	0.42	0.28 to 0.64	1.22	0.89 to 1.68			2.15	1.18 to 3.89
Italian	0.58	0.42 to 0.80	1.58	1.20 to 2.07			1.90	1.08 to 3.32
Other	0.47	0.28 to 0.78	1.75	1.17 to 2.61			0.93	0.41 to 2.10
Diabetes
No	1		1		NS		NS
Yes	2.68	1.95 to 3.67	0.45	0.33 to 0.61
Family history of eye disease
No	1		NS		1		1
Yes	1.17	1.01 to 1.37			1.28	1.02 to 1.60	0.59	0.43 to 0.80
Noticed a change in vision
No	1		NS		NS		1
Yes	2.25	1.80 to 2.81					0.18	0.14 to 0.24
Sex
Male	NS		NS		NS		1
Female							0.77	0.60 to 0.98