Table 2.

Results of post treatment

	HM group (n=96)			Control group (n=99)
	Pre	Post	Pre vs post	Pre	Post	Pre vs post
NIBUT (first)	6.72±5.05	9.46±5.75	<0.001*	6.49±4.89	6.17±4.69	0.41*
NIBUT (average)	9.57±5.52	12.1±5.31	<0.001*	9.49±5.18	9.10±8.73	0.63*
Meiboscore	0.71±0.93	0.63±0.96	0.03†	0.58±0.94	0.59±0.94	0.15†
Tear meniscus height	0.22±0.08	0.24±0.08	<0.001*	0.23±0.08	0.22±0.07	0.16*
Hyperemia score	1.23±0.59	1.41±0.60	<0.001†	1.39±0.73	1.36±0.70	0.002†

*unpaired-t test

†Mann-Whitney U test

HM, heating eye mask; Meiboscore, obstruction score of the meibomian gland; NIBUT, non-invasive tear break-up time.