Table 5

ORs for reporting adverse reactions per BMI category respectively age category and regime, with normal BMI respectively 7–10-year-old children receiving C+C* as reference group; backwards analysis

RegimeBMICrude OR (95% CI)p ValueAdjusted§ OR (95% CI)p Value
C+C*High0.1 (0.01 to 0.7)0.020.1 (0.02 to 0.9)0.04
Normal1†1†
Low24.6 (8.2 to74.1)<0.00121.4 (6.7 to 67.96)<0.001
C+T‡High0.09 (0.01 to 0.7)0.020.1 (0.01 to 0.8)0.03
Normal0.35 (0.2 to 0.7)0.020.34 (0.2 to 0.7)0.02
Low4.98 (2.1 to 11.8)<0.0015.2 (2.1 to 12.8)<0.001
RegimeAgeCrude OR (95% CI)p ValueAdjusted¶ OR (95% CI)p Value
C+C*11 to 141.8 (0.4 to 7.4)0.410.17 (0.4 to 7.4)0.48
7 to 101†1†
3 to 610.2 (3.5 to 29.5)<0.0018.1 (2.7 to 24.8)<0.001
C+T‡11 to 141.1 (0.2 to 4.9)0.920.7 (0.1 to 3.5)0.66
7 to 101.3 (0.4 to 4.6)0.720.9 (0.2 to 3.5)0.88
3 to 63.1 (1.0 to 9.7)0.0461.97 (0.6 to 6.5)0.26
  • *C+C: Two drops of cyclopentolate 1%.

  • †1: Reference group.

  • ‡C+T: One drop of cyclopentolate 1% followed by one drop of tropicamide 1%.

  • §Adjusted for sex (cat), age (cat) and ethnicity (cat).

  • ¶Adjusted for sex (cat), BMI (cat) and ethnicity (cat).

  • BMI, body mass index.