Table 3

Risk factors predictive of final visual acuity of poorer than 0.30 logMAR by multivariate logistic regression

Predictor of final VA poorer than 0.30 logMAR (20/40)P valueOR (95% CI)
Age at injury ≤5 years0.017*7.73 (1.43 to 41.48)
Female sex0.6141.54 (0.29 to 8.22)
Remote residential area0.4392.20 (0.30 to 16.23)
Projectile mechanism of injury0.9181.09 (0.21 to 5.67)
Associated zone 1 injury0.4231.81 (0.42 to 7.75)
Associated zone 2 injury†0.8601.14 (0.26 to 4.97)
Associated zone 3 injury0.011*7.60 (1.58 to 36.46)
Associated adnexal injury0.2032.74 (0.58 to 12.88)
  • *P<0.05.

  • †Excluding hyphaema.

  • VA, visual acuity; logMAR, logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution.