Table 7: Multivariate analysis on the association of demographic characteristics with the severity of injury of ocular trauma (OTS 5 vs. OTS 1).

 

Variable

OR

95% CI

p-value

OTS 5

(base outcome)

 

 

 

OTS 1

 

 

 

 

 

Age

 

 

 

 

    0 – 17

(base)

 

 

 

    18 – 59

2.26

0.58 – 8.46

0.244

 

    60 and above

12.45

2.99 – 51.90

0.001*

 

Place

 

 

 

 

    Home

(base)

 

 

 

    Public place

0.42

0.12 – 1.50

0.180

 

    Workplace

13.72

2.78 – 67.78

0.001*

 

Mechanism

 

 

 

 

    Blunt

(base)

 

 

 

    Projectile

0.17

0.03 – 0.81

0.026*

 

    Sharp

29.49

4.67 – 186.19

<0.001*

 

Object

 

 

 

 

    Shrapnel

(base)

 

 

 

    MVC

3.57

0.40 – 31.93

0.245

 

    Organic

9.42

2.09 – 42.43

0.003*

 

    Wood

6.83

1.23 – 38.01

0.028*

 

    Mauling

9.96

1.36 – 73.05

0.024*

 

Zone of the Globe

 

 

 

 

    Zone 1

(base)

 

 

 

    Zone 2

0.17

0.05 – 0.56

0.004*

 

    Zone 3

1.30e-07

-

0.993

*Significant at 0.05 level