Research Article

Prevalence of Laboratory Critical Results in Eye Patients from an Eye Hospital in Southern China

Table 3

Association of age and eye disease with the prevalence of critical results in eye patients by univariate logistic regression.

CharacteristicCategoryOR (95% CI) value

Age (yrs)0–102.46 (1.80; 3.36)<0.001
11–200.34 (0.16; 0.74)0.007
21–300.70 (0.42; 1.17)0.16
31–400.40 (0.21; 0.78)0.007
41–500.57 (0.35; 0.93)0.02
51–600.80 (0.55; 1.18)0.26
61–700.89 (0.63; 1.26)0.51
71–801 (reference)
81-0.96 (0.60; 1.54)0.88

Eye diseasesLens disorders1 (reference)
Vitreous/retina diseases0.96 (0.70; 1.32)0.80
Ocular trauma0.65 (0.39; 1.09)0.10
Glaucoma1.19 (0.80; 1.78)0.40
Strabismus0.24 (0.10; 0.58)0.002
Oncology3.63 (2.62; 5.02)<0.001
Oculoplastics0.60 (0.28; 1.28)0.19
Cornea diseases1.48 (0.89; 2.48)0.14
Pterygium0.82 (0.36; 1.84)0.62

OR: odds ratio.