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Table 2 Association between dry eye disease and participant’s characteristics

From: Spatial epidemiology of dry eye disease: findings from South Korea

Characteristics

Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for dry eye disease diagnosis

Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for dry eye disease symptoms

Unadjusted

Adjusted for sex and age

Adjusted for sex, age, region, and survey year

Unadjusted

Adjusted for sex and age

Adjusted for sex, age, region, and survey year

Sex

       
 

Male

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 

Female

2.98 (2.58-3.45)

3.00 (2.59-3.46)

3.02 (2.61-3.50)

2.20 (1.95-2.47)

2.19 (1.95-2.46)

2.21 (1.96-2.48)

Age

       
 

30-39

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 

40-49

0.91 (0.74-1.13)

0.91 (0.73-1.13)

0.91 (0.73-1.13)

0.97 (0.81-1.16)

0.97 (0.80-1.16)

0.97 (0.80-1.16)

 

50-59

1.07 (0.86-1.33)

1.06 (0.85-1.32)

1.06 (0.85-1.31)

1.12 (0.94-1.34)

1.12 (0.93-1.33)

1.11 (0.93-1.33)

 

60-69

1.39 (1.13-1.71)

1.34 (1.09-1.66)

1.37 (1.11-1.68)

1.28 (1.08-1.53)

1.25 (1.05-1.49)

1.26 (1.06-1.51)

 

70+

0.97 (0.77-1.22)

0.86 (0.68-1.08)

0.90 (0.71-1.14)

1.12 (0.93-1.35)

1.02 (0.84-1.23)

1.06 (0.87-1.29)

Region

       
 

Seoul

1.01 (0.81-1.26)

0.99 (0.79-1.23)

0.99 (0.79-1.24)

0.97 (0.78-1.22)

0.96 (0.76-1.20)

0.96 (0.76-1.20)

 

Busan

1.47 (1.04-2.06)

1.42 (1.00-2.02)

1.43 (1.01-2.03)

1.41 (1.02-1.96)

1.38 (0.98-1.94)

1.37 (0.97-1.93)

 

Daegu

1.19 (0.87-1.64)

1.15 (0.84-1.58)

1.16 (0.85-1.58)

1.35 (0.98-1.85)

1.29 (0.93-1.80)

1.28 (0.92-1.77)

 

Incheon

0.72 (0.51-1.02)

0.71 (0.50-1.03)

0.72 (0.50-1.03)

0.88 (0.58-1.33)

0.87 (0.57-1.33)

0.87 (0.57-1.33)

 

Gwangju

0.87 (0.49-1.56)

0.88 (0.48-1.61)

0.88 (0.51-1.51)

0.83 (0.47-1.47)

0.84 (0.47-1.47)

0.83 (0.49-1.41)

 

Daejeon

0.66 (0.43-0.99)

0.64 (0.43-0.96)

0.61 (0.38-0.98)

0.82 (0.55-1.22)

0.81 (0.55-1.20)

0.78 (0.49-1.23)

 

Ulsan

1.74 (1.19-2.54)

1.74 (1.17-2.59)

1.84 (1.25-2.71)

1.38 (0.79-2.41)

1.35 (0.77-2.36)

1.41 (0.86-2.33)

 

Gyeonggi

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 

Gangwon

0.55 (0.36-0.84)

0.54 (0.35-0.83)

0.53 (0.34-0.84)

0.87 (0.55-1.35)

0.85 (0.54-1.33)

0.84 (0.55-1.29)

 

Chungbuk

0.58 (0.30-1.10)

0.59 (0.32-1.11)

0.62 (0.33-1.18)

0.61 (0.26-1.43)

0.62 (0.27-1.43)

0.65 (0.29-1.44)

 

Chungnam

0.81 (0.48-1.36)

0.78 (0.46-1.30)

0.78 (0.47-1.30)

0.72 (0.43-1.20)

0.68 (0.41-1.14)

0.68 (0.41-1.13)

 

Jeonbuk

1.04 (0.69-1.58)

1.01 (0.66-1.54)

1.01 (0.67-1.52)

0.70 (0.47-1.07)

0.68 (0.45-1.04)

0.68 (0.45-1.03)

 

Jeonnam

0.43 (0.23-0.81)

0.39 (0.21-0.74)

0.39 (0.20-0.74)

0.73 (0.45-1.20)

0.67 (0.40-1.11)

0.65 (0.39-1.09)

 

Gyeongbuk

0.81 (0.50-1.30)

0.77 (0.47-1.26)

0.78 (0.48-1.27)

0.97 (0.67-1.40)

0.93 (0.64-1.36)

0.94 (0.64-1.37)

 

Gyeongnam

0.94 (0.66-1.34)

0.93 (0.65-1.32)

0.92 (0.65-1.31)

0.92 (0.66-1.27)

0.90 (0.65-1.24)

0.89 (0.65-1.22)

 

Jeju

0.68 (0.46-1.00)

0.67 (0.45-1.00)

0.71 (0.45-1.10)

0.83 (0.51-1.35)

0.79 (0.46-1.36)

0.83 (0.46-1.52)

  1. Odds ratio and confidence intervals were estimated with considering sampling weights.