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Yunjin Lee1, Ji Soo Kim2, Un Chul Park1, Juwon Lim2.
Abstract
The present study was conducted to investigate recent trends of refractive surgery rates and analyze subjects undergoing refractive surgery using large-scale population studies over the past 8 years. We used the dataset of the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, a nationwide population-based cross-sectional study which were performed from 2008 to 2015. Of the 21,415 participants aged 20 to 49 years, 1,621 had refractive surgeries. Seventy three percent of them were females and 81% of them were aged under 40 years old. Over the past 8 years, cumulative prevalence of refractive surgery rate increased more than 10%. Although young (< 40 years, odds ratio (OR) 0.31, P<0.001) women (OR 1.86, P<0.001) living in urban areas (OR 0.51, P<0.001) with high educational attainment (OR 2.67, P<0.001) and income levels (OR 3.16, P<0.001) accounted for a high proportion in refractive surgery group through all survey years, subgroup analyses revealed that gaps between genders (ORs 3.8 in 2008-2009, 2.1 in 2010-2012, and 1.5 in 2013-2015), educational level (ORs 3.0, 2.5, and 2.1, respectively), and highest/lowest quartiles of household income (ORs 5.2, 2.6, and 2.4, respectively) were decreasing over time. Overall, our study suggests that refractive surgery has reached an age where the majority accepts it, and indeed more and diverse people are undergoing refractive surgeries.Entities:
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Year: 2021 PMID: 34941889 PMCID: PMC8699644 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261347
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PLoS One ISSN: 1932-6203 Impact factor: 3.240
Fig 2Comparison of prevalence of refractive surgeries divided by sub-groups.
Cumulative prevalence of refractive surgeries showed that gaps between (A) genders (men/women), (B) educational level attainment (high school or less/college or higher), (C) household monthly income level (lowest/highest quartile), and (D) job style (blue collar/white collar) were decreasing over the time. When it comes to (E) residential areas (rural/urban) and (F) marital status, the gaps were widening over the time, but the differences of the gaps were decreasing. Abbreviations: OR = Odds ratio; 1Q = lowest quartile; 4Q = highest quartile.
Baseline characteristics of the study population.
| No surgeries | Refractive surgeries | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Weight % (95% CI) | N | Weight % (95% CI) | ||
| 19794 | 92.6(92.2–93.1) | 1621 | 7.4(6.9–7.8) | ||
| Gender | <0.001 | ||||
| Men | 8665 | 52.6(51.9–53.3) | 425 | 26.2(24.1–28.4) | |
| Women | 11129 | 47.4(46.7–48.1) | 1196 | 73.8(71.6–75.9) | |
| Age groups | <0.001 | ||||
| 20–29 | 4540 | 29.1(28.1–30.1) | 524 | 32.3(30.1–34.6) | |
| 30–39 | 7257 | 33.3(32.3–34.3) | 789 | 48.7(46.2–51.1) | |
| 40–49 | 7997 | 37.6(36.6–38.7) | 308 | 19.0(17.2–21.0) | |
| Residual area | <0.001 | ||||
| Urban | 16803 | 85.1(83.1–86.9) | 1483 | 91.5(90.0–92.8) | |
| Rural | 2991 | 14.9(13.1–16.9) | 138 | 8.5(7.2–10.0) | |
| Education level | <0.001 | ||||
| ≤High school | 10099 | 54.7(53.6–55.8) | 440 | 28.3(26.1–30.6) | |
| ≥College | 8995 | 45.3(44.2–46.4) | 1114 | 71.7(69.4–73.9) | |
| House monthly income | <0.001 | ||||
| 1Q | 1486 | 27.1(25.4–28.9) | 56 | 14.8(12.6–17.4) | |
| 2Q | 4887 | 26.4(24.7–28.1) | 289 | 25.0(22.2–28.0) | |
| 3Q | 6777 | 23.0(21.5–24.6) | 491 | 25.4(22.5–28.4) | |
| 4Q(high) | 6467 | 23.5(21.7–25.3) | 770 | 34.8(31.7–38.1) | |
| Job style | <0.001 | ||||
| White collar | 9330 | 48.7(47.8–49.6) | 879 | 56.8(54.3–59.2) | |
| Blue collar | 3664 | 21.0(20.1–21.8) | 95 | 6.1(5.0–7.4) | |
| None | 6031 | 30.3(29.5–31.1) | 574 | 37.1(34.7–39.5) | |
| Marital status | <0.001 | ||||
| Single | 5187 | 32.5(31.3–33.8) | 608 | 37.7(35.3–40.1) | |
| Married | 14582 | 67.5(66.2–68.7) | 1006 | 62.3(59.9–64.7) | |
| Smoking | <0.001 | ||||
| Never | 11139 | 52.8(51.9–53.6) | 1147 | 72.5(70.2–74.6) | |
| Past | 3047 | 17.7(17.0–18.4) | 202 | 12.8(11.2–14.5) | |
| Current | 5095 | 29.6(28.7–30.4) | 234 | 14.8(13.1–16.6) | |
| Alcohol(drink/day) | <0.001 | ||||
| <1 | 10958 | 66.9(66.0–67.9) | 1056 | 78.6(76.3–80.7) | |
| ≥1 | 5005 | 33.1(32.1–34.0) | 288 | 21.4(19.3–23.7) | |
| Exercise, walk(min/day) | <0.001 | ||||
| ≥30 | 8957 | 46.7(45.8–47.6) | 819 | 52.7(50.2–55.1) | |
| <30 | 10138 | 53.3(52.4–54.2) | 736 | 47.3(44.9–49.8) | |
| Sleep(hour/day) | 0.115 | ||||
| <6 | 1875 | 9.7(9.2–10.2) | 121 | 7.7(6.4–9.1) | |
| 6–8 | 16011 | 83.0(82.4–83.7) | 1334 | 84.5(82.6–86.2) | |
| ≥8 | 1385 | 7.3(6.8–7.8) | 124 | 7.9(6.6–9.3) | |
| Stress | 0.452 | ||||
| None or Low | 13241 | 69.6(68.7–70.4) | 1110 | 70.1(67.8–72.3) | |
| High or Moderate | 6046 | 30.4(29.6–31.3) | 473 | 29.9(27.7–32.2) | |
| Depressive mood | 0.230 | ||||
| No | 15289 | 89.0(88.4–89.6) | 1171 | 89.8(88.0–91.3) | |
| Yes | 2005 | 11.0(10.4–11.6) | 133 | 10.2(8.7–12.0) | |
| Suicide idea | 0.010 | ||||
| No | 15416 | 89.8(89.2–90.4) | 1193 | 91.5(89.8–92.9) | |
| Yes | 1877 | 10.2(9.6–10.8) | 111 | 8.5(7.1–10.2) | |
| Subjective body type perception | <0.001 | ||||
| Normal or thin | 10301 | 54.3(53.3–55.2) | 963 | 60.8(58.4–63.2) | |
| Obese | 8987 | 45.7(44.8–46.7) | 620 | 39.2(36.8–41.6) | |
| Weight control efforts | <0.001 | ||||
| No | 6236 | 32.7(31.8–33.5) | 452 | 28.6(26.4–30.8) | |
| Yes | 13048 | 67.3(66.5–68.2) | 1131 | 71.4(69.2–73.6) | |
| Visual activity, right | <0.001 | ||||
| 20/20 | 11896 | 59.9(59.0–60.8) | 1202 | 74.2(72.0–76.2) | |
| 20/25 | 4315 | 21.6(20.8–22.3) | 296 | 18.3(16.5–20.2) | |
| ≤20/32 | 3583 | 18.5(17.8–19.3) | 123 | 7.6(6.4–9.0) | |
| Spherical equivalent | <0.001 | ||||
| <-0.5D | 7830 | 39.3(38.4–40.2) | 956 | 59.0(56.6–61.3) | |
| -3D and ≤-0.5D | 7364 | 37.1(36.3–38.0) | 630 | 38.9(36.5–41.3) | |
| -6D and ≤-3D | 3359 | 17.3(16.6–17.9) | 31 | 1.9(1.3–2.7) | |
| ≥-6D | 1241 | 6.3(5.9–6.7) | 4 | 0.2(0.1–0.7) | |
Persons aged 20–49 years, KNHANES 2008–2015
Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; 1Q-4Q; 1Q = lowest quartile, 4Q = highest quartile, D = diopters
Chi-square test of difference at each level of sex, age, residual area, education level, house monthly income, job style, marital status, smoking, alcohol, exercise, sleep hour, stress, depressive mood, suicidal idea, subjective body type perception, and weight control efforts
Significant levels were set at a two-tailed P value <0.05.
Adjusted odds ratio of refractory surgeries among adult in South Korean population.
| Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR(95% CI) | P-value | aOR(95% CI) | P-value | |
| Gender | ||||
| Men | 1 | 1 | ||
| Women | 1.86(1.62–2.12) | <0.001 | 1.95(1.62–2.33) | <0.001 |
| Age groups | ||||
| 20–29 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 30–39 | 0.99(0.84–1.15) | 0.862 | 1.01(0.83–1.23) | 0.944 |
| 40–49 | 0.31(0.26–0.38) | <0.001 | 0.39(0.31–0.51) | <0.001 |
| Residual area | ||||
| Urban | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rural | 0.51(0.39–0.67) | <0.001 | 0.72(0.57–0.89) | 0.003 |
| Education level | ||||
| ≤High school | 1 | 1 | ||
| ≥College | 2.67(2.33–3.07) | <0.001 | 1.87(1.61–2.17) | <0.001 |
| House monthly income | ||||
| 1Q | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2Q | 1.57(1.17–2.10) | <0.001 | 1.35(1.08–1.69) | 0.267 |
| 3Q | 1.92(1.45–2.55) | <0.001 | 1.78(1.45–2.19) | 0.065 |
| 4Q(high) | 3.16(2.39–4.17) | <0.001 | 2.70(2.21–3.30) | 0.006 |
| Job style | ||||
| White color | 1 | 1 | ||
| Blue color | 0.30(0.23–0.39) | <0.001 | 0.70(0.54–0.91) | 0.008 |
| None | 0.99(0.85–1.14) | 0.843 | 1.02(0.88–1.18) | 0.810 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 1 | 1 | ||
| Married | 0.59(0.51–0.68) | <0.001 | 0.77(0.64–0.94) | 0.009 |
| Smoking | ||||
| Never | 1 | 1 | ||
| Past | 0.67(0.56–0.81) | <0.001 | 0.94(0.76–1.16) | 0.552 |
| Current | 0.53(0.45–0.64) | <0.001 | 0.78(0.63–0.96) | 0.020 |
| Alcohol(drink/day) | ||||
| <1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| ≥1 | 0.67(0.57–0.80) | <0.001 | 0.92(0.77–1.09) | 0.343 |
| Exercise, walk(min/day) | ||||
| ≥30 | 1 | 1 | ||
| <30 | 0.75(0.66–0.86) | <0.001 | 0.94(0.82–1.07) | 0.336 |
| Sleep(hour/day) | ||||
| <6 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6–8 | 1.25(0.98–1.59) | 0.067 | 1.07(0.84–1.37) | 0.586 |
| ≥8 | 1.38(1.00–1.89) | 0.049 | 0.92(0.65–1.29) | 0.614 |
| Stress | ||||
| None or Low | 1 | 1 | ||
| High or Moderate | 0.95(0.83–1.09) | 0.452 | 0.92(0.79–1.07) | 0.264 |
| Depressive mood | ||||
| No | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 0.88(0.70–1.11) | 0.296 | 0.94(0.74–1.18) | 0.586 |
| Suicide idea | ||||
| No | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 0.71(0.55–0.92) | 0.011 | 0.91(0.71–1.16) | 0.447 |
| Subjective body type perception | ||||
| Normal or thin | 1 | 1 | ||
| Obese | 0.74(0.65–0.84) | <0.001 | 0.81(0.71–0.93) | 0.002 |
| Weight control efforts | ||||
| No | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 1.26(1.10–1.46) | 0.001 | 1.14(0.98–1.32) | 0.091 |
Persons aged 20–49 years, KNHANES 2008–2015
Abbreviations: OR = Odds ratio; aOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; 1Q-4Q; 1Q = lowest quartile; 4Q = highest quartile
Chi-square test of difference at each level of sex, age, residual area, education level, house monthly income, job style, marital status, smoking, alcohol, exercise, sleep hour, stress, depressive mood, suicidal idea, subjective body type perception, and weight control efforts
Significant levels were set at P value <0.05 for univariate analysis and multivariate analysis.