Table 3

Univariate association testing of abnormal screening results with significant ocular disease using logistic regression

Clinically significant cataractPOAG (definite)POAG (definite and suspect)Significant diabetic retinopathy/maculopathyAge related macular degenerationAny sight-threatening eye disease
OR (95% CI)OR (95% CI)OR (95% CI)OR (95% CI)OR (95% CI)OR (95% CI)
Visual acuity<6/126.69 (3.57 to 12.46)4.54 (1.97 to 10.47)2.06 (1.04 to 4.06)NS4.88 (2.54 to 9.40)4.99 (2.90 to 8.60)
Family history of glaucomaNS4.93 (2.19 to 11.09)2.92 (1.59 to 5.36)NSNSNS
IOP>21 mm HgNSNSNSNSNSNS
FDT≥1 point missed at 1% level3.07 (1.72 to 5.47)28.69 (8.45 to 97.48)6.68 (3.74 to 11.92)5.29 (1.25 to 22.48)2.95 (1.60 to 5.41)5.48 (3.55 to 8.46)
FDT≥1 point missed at 5% level3.45 (1.91 to 6.23)22.21 (5.19 to 95.15)5.20 (2.83 to 9.55)5.02 (1.00 to 25.11)2.75 (1.50 to 5.06)4.60 (3.10 to 6.83)
SD-OCT (GCC thickness)NS28.64 (10.41 to 78.77)7.40 (4.10 to 13.33)NS3.67 (1.93 to 6.96)3.77 (2.31 to 6.15)
SD-OCT (full retinal thickness)NS5.14 (2.23 to 11.81)3.32 (1.90 to 5.81)18.06 (2.20 to 148.13)2.75 (1.51 to 5.03)2.57 (1.72 to 3.84)
SD-OCT (peripapillary RNFL thickness)NS39.03 (15.52 to 98.12)19.27 (9.57 to 38.82)NS4.41 (2.09 to 9.29)7.20 (3.54 to 14.66)
  • FDT, frequency-doubling technology; GCC, ganglion cell complex; IOP, intraocular pressure; NS, not significant; POAG, primary open-angle glaucoma; RNFL, retinal nerve fibre layer; SD-OCT, spectral domain optical coherence tomography.