Utilization of eye health services and diabetic retinopathy: a cross-sectional study among persons living with diabetes visiting a tertiary eye care facility in Ghana

Table 4 Prevalence of Non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy and correlation with utilization of eye health service among patients visiting eye clinic

Variable	Prevalence	Correlation with eye care health service utilization
Diabetic retinopathy-Ordinal		-0.20***^a
No apparent DR
Moderate NPDR with CSME	41.1[36.1-46.3]
Severe NPDR with CSME	23.9[19.8-28.6]
Diabetic retinopathy		-0.15**^b
No apparent DR
NPDR	65.0[59.9-69.8]

Note: DR denote Diabetes Retinopathy; NPDR denote No-Proliferative Diabetes Retinopathy; CSME denote Clinically Significant Macular Edema. Superscript a and b represent Pairwise and Phi correlation analysis.
Note: P-value notation: ^**p-value≤0.01, ^***p-value≤0.001

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