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. 2023 May 9;16:1735–1746. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S405225

Table 1.

Clinical Demographics and Characteristics

Demographics Overall Non-Anxiety Anxiety Disorder p value
Participants, n 56 39 17
Age, years, mean ± SD 55.3±4.2 54.4±4.5 56.7±4.3 0.075a
Gender, n (%)
 Male 4 3 1 0.809b
 Female 52 36 16
BMI, mean ± SD 22.7±1.5 23.0±1.2 22.6±2.0 0.181a
Education, years, mean ± SD 8.2±2.4 8.5±2.3 7.8±2.4 0.014a
Smoking, n (%)
 Current 9 5 4 0.575b
 Prior 1 1 0
 Never 42 29 13
Periodic exercise, mean ± SD 1.7±0.9 1.7±1.0 1.5±1.0 0.585a
Sleep time, mean ± SD 6.6±0.7 6.6±0.7 6.5±0.7 0.818a
Family history, n (%) 5 2 3 0.131b
Disease duration, years, mean ± SD 8.5±4.5 8.1±4.8 8.8±2.6 0.017a
Other systemic disease, n (%) 11 6 5 0.224b
Ophthalmic medical survey
 Contact lens 27 18 9 0.602b
 Ophthalmic surgery 2 1 1 0.538b
ESSDAI score 7.2±2.1 6.7±1.8 8.0±2.2 0.022a
ESSPRI score 6.5±1.0 6.4±1.0 6.8±1.0 0.176a
OSDI score category
 0–12 0 0 0 0.032b
 13–22 13 10 3
 23–32 21 18 3
 33–100 22 11 11
Anxious state (STAI-S)
 Non-case 50 39 11 <0.001b
 Case 6 0 6
Laboratory test
 RF positive 28 20 8 0.512b
 C3 1.05±0.1 1.03±0.1 1.05±0.1 0.605a
 C4 0.16±0.03 0.16±0.02 0.17±0.03 0.082a
 IgG 13.8±2.1 13.8±2.5 13.9±1.8 0.789a
 ANA positive 41 29 12 0.77b
 Anti-SSA positive 42 30 12 0.615b
 Anti-SSB positive 25 18 7 0.17b

Notes: amann–Whitney U-test. bChi-square test.