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Table 4 Prevalence rate of visual impairment in three examination sites

From: Design and baseline data of a population-based metabonomics study of eye diseases in eastern China: the Yueqing Ocular Diseases Investigation

Level of visual impairment

n*

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Health center

P value†

Blindness (PDVA < 3/60)

74 (1.6%)

12/42 (28.6%)

35/1473 (2.4%)

27/3182 (0.8%)

 

Severe visual impairment (3/60 ≤ PDVA < 6/60)

34 (0.7%)

2/42 (4.8%)

12/1473 (0.8%)

20/3182 (0.6%)

 

Moderate visual impairment (6/60 ≤ PDVA < 6/18)

354 (7.5%)

1/42 (2.4%)

135/1473 (9.2%)

218/3182 (6.9%)

 

Mild visual impairment (6/18 ≤ PDVA < 6/12)

772 (16.4%)

3/42 (7.1%)

314/1473 (21.3%)

455/3182 (14.3%)

 

No visual impairment (PDVA ≥ 6/12)

3463 (73.7%)

24/42 (57.1%)

977/1473 (66.3%)

2462/3182 (77.4%)

 

Total‡

4697

42/4697 (0.9%)

1473/4697 (31.4%)

3182/4697 (67.7%)

< 0.001

  1. *“n” refers to the total numbers of different degrees of visual impairment from the three examination sites
  2. †Kruskal Wallis test
  3. ‡PDVA was collected from 4697 persons
  4. PDVA= presenting distance visual acuity