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Published in final edited form as: Exp Eye Res. 2022 Sep 13;224:109247. doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2022.109247

Table 2.

Clinical measurements of corneal haze, central corneal thickness, tear volume, and intraocular pressure in study groups.

Group	Naïve			TED			SM			SM + TED
Study Time	Day-3	Day-7	Day-14	Day-3	Day-7	Day-14	Day-3	Day-7	Day-14	Day-3	Day-7	Day-14
Haze level (Fantas score)	0 ± 0	0 ± 0	0 ± 0	0 ± 0	0 ± 0	0 ± 0	2.3 ± 0.5 ^****	2.7 ± 0.5 ^****	2.8 ± 0.5 ^****	1.3 ± 0.5 ^**** ^$$	1.5 ± 0.5 ^**** ^$$	1.5 ± 0.5 ^**** ^$
STT	7.7±6.0	8.0±4.3	7.3±2.2	12.3±9.6	6.7±2.3	15.0±5.7	13.5±8.2	14.7±7.9	21.0±7.7	14.8±6.8	17.8±7.2	17.0±7.1 ^**** ^$
IOP	12.3±2.3	14.5±3.1	10.5±3.4	13.5±3.1	13.5±3.7	12.5±3.5	11.5±7.2	14.8±8.3	32.3±14.1	9.7±3.6	14.3±3.2	11.5±0.7

Significant changes between SM vs Naïve or TED: Significant changes between SM vs SM + TED.

^****

p < 0.001

^$$

p < 0.01.

^***

p = 0.001

p = 0.05.

Legend: SM = sulfur mustard, TED = topical eyedrops, STT = Schirmer’s Tear Test, IOP = intraocular pressure, n = 6 for all groups and timepoints.