Table 2 The differences in demographic characteristics and ocular disease spectrum in ophthalmic outpatients during Phases A, B, and C.
Demographic characteristics and ocular disease spectrum | Phase A | Phase B | Phase C | p-value (A versus C) | p-value (A versus B) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of participants | 1,968 | 3,292 | 5,441 | ||
Age, median (IQR) (years) | 46 (32) | 48 (35) | 47 (37) | 0.4796 | 0.1614 |
Male, N (%) | 920 (46.75) | 1,466 (44.53) | 2,496 (45.87) | 0.5096 | 0.1223 |
Prevalence of ocular diseases, N (%) | |||||
Trauma | 127 (6.45) | 100 (3.04) | 250 (4.59) | 0.0018* | < 0.0001* |
Oculoplastics and orbit | 327 (16.62) | 500 (15.19) | 886 (16.28) | 0.7490 | 0.1709 |
Strabismus | 19 (0.97) | 14 (0.43) | 35 (0.64) | 0.1638 | 0.0191* |
Refractive errors | 213 (10.82) | 335 (10.18) | 702 (12.90) | 0.0164* | 0.4560 |
Conjunctiva | 346 (17.58) | 586 (17.80) | 1,278 (23.49) | < 0.0001* | 0.8521 |
Dry eye | 134 (6.81) | 364 (11.06) | 628 (11.54) | < 0.0001* | < 0.0001* |
Cornea | 172 (8.74) | 212 (6.44) | 293 (5.39) | < 0.0001* | 0.0021* |
Keratitis | 111 (5.64) | 70 (2.13) | 162 (2.98) | < 0.0001* | < 0.0001* |
Glaucoma | 227 (11.53) | 357 (10.84) | 405 (7.44) | < 0.0001* | 0.4411 |
AACG | 35 (2.30) | 8 (0.24) | 16 (0.30) | < 0.0001* | < 0.0001* |
Lens | 128 (6.50) | 376 (11.42) | 562 (10.33) | < 0.0001* | < 0.0001* |
Vitreoretinal | 249 (12.65) | 402 (12.21) | 312 (5.73) | < 0.0001* | 0.6345 |
RVO | 41 (2.08) | 46 (1.40) | 66 (1.21) | 0.0078* | 0.0732 |
RAO | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
AMN | 3 (0.15) | 0 | 0 | 0.0187* | 0.0523 |
Uveitis | 15 (0.76) | 30 (0.91) | 71 (1.30) | 0.0645 | 0.6441 |
Neuro-ophthalmology | 11 (0.56) | 16 (0.49) | 19 (0.35) | 0.2164 | 0.6959 |
