Table 1.
Demographical data and changes in tear film parameters
| Symptoms | Lid margin abnormalities | BUT (s) | SPK | Meniscus (mm) | Schirmer's test (mm) | Meibum grade | Meiboscore | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Sex | Eye | FU (weeks) | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | |
| 1 | 80 | F | R | 32 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| L | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 2 | 73 | M | R | 60 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| L | 60 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 3 | 73 | M | R | 36 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| L | 36 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 4 | 71 | F | R | 64 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| L | 64 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 66 | F | R | 64 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| L | 64 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 6 | 72 | F | R | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| L | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 7 | 68 | F | L | 24 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 8 | 81 | M | R | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| L | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 9 | 74 | F | R | 28 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| L | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 10 | 68 | F | R | 28 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| L | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
Symptoms (0–14), lid margin abnormalities (0–4),m score (0–3), meiboscore (0–6).
BUT, break-up time; F, female; FU, follow-up duration; L, left eye; M, male; R, right eye; SPK, superficial punctate keratopathy (0–3).