Table 2: Association of the demographic characteristics with the type of injury of ocular.

 

Open Globe

(n=105)

Closed Globe

(n=1885)

p-value

Age

 

 

0.378

    0 – 17

24 (22.86%)

330 (17.51%)

 

    18 – 59

74 (70.48%)

1422 (75.44%)

 

    60 and above

7 (6.67%)

133 (7.06%)

 

Gender

 

 

0.591

    Male

77 (73.33%)

1426 (75.65%)

 

   Female

28 (26.67%)

459 (24.35%)

 

Mechanism

 

 

<0.001*

    Blunt

14 (13.33%)

870 (46.15%)

 

    Projectile

49 (46.67%)

987 (52.36%)

 

    Sharp

42 (40.00%)

28 (1.49%)

 

Object

 

 

<0.001*

    Shrapnel

64 (60.95%)

914 (48.49%)

 

    MVC

3 (2.86%)

498 (26.42%)

 

   Organic

6 (5.71%)

172 (9.12%)

 

   Wood

23 (21.90%)

20 (1.06%)

 

   Mauling

9 (8.57%)

281 (14.91%)

 

Zone of the Globe

 

 

<0.001*

   Zone 1

99 (94.29%)

1159 (61.49%)

 

   Zone 2

6 (5.71%)

636 (33.74%)

 

   Zone 3

0 (0.00%)

90 (4.77%)

 

Place

 

 

<0.001*

   Home

28 (26.67%)

147 (7.80%)

 

   Public place

33 (31.43%)

1065 (56.50%)

 

   Workplace

44 (41.90%)

673 (35.70%)

 

*Significant at 0.05 level