Analysis of association between type of amblyopia and gender at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi.

OBJECTIVE: To analyse the frequency of different types of amblyopia and its association with gender.

METHODS: The cross-sectional study was conducted from March 2014 to October 2014 at the Department of Ophthalmology of a tertiary care hospital inKarachi. The patients were classified into different types of amblyopia like anisometropic, strabismic, sensory deprivation and meridional amblyopia. Stratification was done according to age, gender and type of amblyopia by using SPSS version 21.

RESULTS: Out of 130 patients, 71 were male and 59 were female. The amblyopia rate determined was anisometropic 69.23%, strabismic amblyopia 21.51% and others 9.23%. The mean age of subjects was 18.02±9 years. Type of amblyopia was independent of gender, and anisometropic amblyopia was the most common type of amblyopia found in both genders.

CONCLUSIONS: This study found no significant association between gender and types of amblyopia and anisometropic amblyopia was the most common type of amblyopia in the data collected.