Prevalence, Causes, and Risk Factors of Visual Impairment in Emiratis and Non-Emiratis of Dubai: A Subnational Population-Based Cross-Sectional Survey
Table 1
Characteristics of examined study participants.
Study variables
Total
Emiratis
Non-Emiratis
value
(N = 892)
(N = 446, 50.0%)
(N = 446, 50.0%)
Age, years (mean ± SD)
52.09 (9.48)
54.45 (9.56)
49.73 (8.80)
<0.001
Age group, years†
<0.001
40–44
226 (25.3)
69 (15.5)
157 (35.2)
45–49
195 (21.9)
86 (19.3)
109 (24.4)
50–54
167 (18.7)
100 (22.4)
67 (15.0)
55–59
111 (12.4)
67 (15.0)
44 (9.9)
60–64
76 (8.5)
47 (10.5)
29 (6.5)
≥65
117 (13.1)
77 (17.3)
40 (9.0)
Gender
<0.001
Female
394 (44.2)
245 (54.9)
149 (33.4)
Male
498 (55.8)
201 (45.1)
297 (66.6)
Education level
0.39
Illiterate
58 (6.5)
39 (8.7)
19 (4.3)
Lower secondary/postsecondary
639 (71.6)
315 (70.6)
324 (72.6)
Bachelor/masters/doctoral
195 (21.9)
92 (20.6)
103 (23.1)
Working status
<0.001
Currently working
474 (53.1)
185 (41.5)
289 (64.8)
Not working
418 (46.9)
261 (58.5)
157 (35.2)
Diabetes
<0.001
No
632 (70.9)
285 (63.9)
347 (77.8)
Yes
260 (29.1)
161 (36.1)
99 (22.2)
T-test was used to test the difference in continuous variable between Emiratis and non-Emiratis and the chi-squared test for categorical variables. †All these data are frequency (percentage).
