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Table 4 Prevalence and odds ratios for individual mental health conditions (standardised by age, gender and deprivation score)

From: Visual impairment is associated with physical and mental comorbidities in older adults: a cross-sectional study

Condition

Visual impairment Number (%)

No visual impairment Number (%)

Odds ratio (95% CI) (standardised by age, gender and deprivation)

Learning disability

25 (0.5)

559 (0.2)

3.31 (2.20 to 4.97)

Anorexia or bulimia

28 (0.5)

572 (0.2)

2.23 (1.51 to 3.28)

Other psychoactive substance misuse

688 (12.9)

13,568 (4.8)

1.79 (1.65 to 1.95)

Anxiety and other neurotic, stress related and somatoform disorders

763 (14.3)

23,015 (8.1)

1.60 (1.47 to 1.73)

Depression

972 (18.2)

35,067 (12.0)

1.53 (1.43 to 1.65)

Alcohol misuse

174 (3.3)

8,565 (3.0)

1.46 (1.25 to 1.71)

Schizophrenia (and related non-organic psychosis) or bipolar disorder

75 (1.4)

2,873 (1.0)

1.42 (1.13 to 1.80) P = 0.003

Dementia

418 (7.2)

10,110 (3.5)

1.14 (1.02 to 2.27) P = 0.01

  1. All difference significant at P <0.001 except where stated. Conditions are ordered by size of odds ratio (largest to smallest).