Research Article
Glaucoma among the Malaysian Community
Table 1
Sociodemographic details of the study participants (Nā=ā329).
| Variable | Items | N (%) |
| Gender | Male | 195 (59.3) | Female | 134 (40.7) |
| Race | Malay | 236 (71.7) | Chinese | 3 (0.9) | Indian | 39 (11.9) | Others | 51 (15.5) |
| Education level | Secondary | 215 (65.3) | Tertiary | 69 (21) | Primary | 30 (9.1) | No formal education | 15 (4.6) |
| Occupation | Working | 230 (69.9) | Nonworking | 99 (30.1) |
| Chronic illness | No | 290 (88.1) | Yes | 39 (11.9) |
| Family members with glaucoma | No | 75 (90.4) | Yes | 8 (9.6) |
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