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. 2013 Jun 27;98(6):746–755. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-303014

Table 3.

Comparison of ratios of meibomian gland area to total analysis area between men and women for each meiboscore group

Meiboscore Upper eyelids (%) Lower eyelids (%)
Men Women p Value Men Women p Value
0 51.7±4.8 (n=22) 52.0±6.6 (n=20) 0.99 55.8±5.6 (n=22) 53.1±4.9 (n=16) 0.21
1 46.6±6.9 (n=33) 49.2±4.0 (n=25) 0.09 51.4±5.1 (n=25) 51.5±5.8 (n=22) 0.73
2 33.2±5.0 (n=4) 29.3±0.8 (n=2) N/A 37.9±2.6 (n=4) 36.4±5.0 (n=3) N/A
3 19.7±3.5 (n=5) 9.2±6.3 (n=2) N/A 19.2±6.7 (n=8) 18.9±5.3 (n=5) 0.94

N/A, not available.