Table 1 Demographics characteristics of Azar cohort population.

From: AZAR eye and vision cohort study

 

Male (n = 4992)

Female (n = 6216)

*P

Total (n = 11,208)

n

%

N

%

 

n

%

Age (years) classification

    

 < 0.001

  

 35–45

1678

33.6

2364

38

 

4042

36.1

 46–55

1681

33.7

2103

33.8

 

3784

33.8

 56–65

1295

25.9

1400

22.5

 

2695

24

 66–70

338

6.8

349

5.6

 

687

6.1

Marital status

    

 < 0.001

  

No Married

56

1.1

748

12

 

804

7.2

Married

4936

98.9

5468

88

 

10,404

92.8

Residential regions

    

0.03

  

Urban residents

3110

62.3

3768

60.6

 

6878

61.4

Rural residents

1882

37.7

2448

39.4

 

4330

38.6

Education level

    

 < 0.001

  

Illiterate

464

9.3

1496

24.1

 

1960

17.5

Primary school

1915

38.4

2653

42.7

 

4568

40.8

Diploma

2074

41.5

1785

28.7

 

3859

34.4

University

539

10.8

282

4.5

 

821

7.3

Quintiles of wealth index

    

 < 0.001

  

1 (poorest)

887

17.8

1744

28.1

 

2631

23.5

2

816

16.3

1115

17.9

 

1931

17.2

3

1107

22.2

1246

20

 

2353

21

4

1045

20.9

1271

20.4

 

2316

20.7

5 (richest )

1137

22.8

840

13.5

 

1977

17.6

Current Smoking status

Smoker

1456

29.2

23

0.4

 <0.001

1479

13.2

No smoker

3536

70.8

6193

99.6

 

9729

86.3

BMI (kg/m2) classification

    

 < 0.001

  

Under weight (< 18.5)

48

1

19

0.3

 

67

0.6

Normal weight (18.5–24.9)

1370

27.4

938

15.1

 

2308

20. 6

Over weight (25–29.9)

2276

45.6

2319

37.3

 

4595

41

Obese (≥ 30)

1298

26

2940

47.3

 

4238

37.8

Diabetes

605

12.1

922

14.8

 < 0.001

1527

13.6

Hypertension

790

15.8

1642

26.4

 < 0.001

2432

21.7

  1. *P, Chi-square test.