Research Article
Patient Race, Reported Problems in Using Glaucoma Medications, and Adherence
Table 4
Logistic regression predicting patient being 80% adherent or more according to Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS) adherence (
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| Independent variables | Adherence | Odds ratio (95% CI) |
| Age | 1.02 (0.97, 1.07) | Years of education | 1.11 (0.94, 1.29) | Gender: female | 1.82 (0.61, 5.37) | Race: White | 3.53 (1.16, 10.76)* | No. of glaucoma medications | 0.63 (0.20, 1.96) | How long have had glaucoma | 1.22 (0.90, 1.66) | Total number of patient-reported problems | 0.93 (0.74, 1.17) |
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; CI: confidence interval.
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