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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 19.
Published in final edited form as: Cornea. 2013 Jan;32(1):44–53. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318254205f

Table VI.

Meibum Lipid Composition

Sample Pool Resonance Area
ratio
Wax ester/CH2 		Resonance Area ratio
Cholesterylester/Wax		 Resonance Area
ratio
Glycerides/Wax
Normal (Mn)a 0.026 ± 0.003, n = 32 0.28 ± 0.04, n = 26 0.37 ± 0.06, n = 40
MGD enrolled 0.021 ± 0.005, n = 10 0.21 ± 0.07, n = 12 0.45 ± 0.10, n = 12
MGD (Md)a 0.026 ± 0.003, n = 39 0.17 ± 0.02, n = 47 0.39 ± 0.04, n = 46
MGD treated 2 to 4 weeks with azithromycin 0.032 ± 0.011, n = 22 0.10 ± 0.028, n = 23 0.62 ± 0.07, n = 23
MGD 2 to 4 weeks After treatment with azithromycin was stopped 0.011 ± 0.016, n = 8 0.19 ± 0.08, n = 7 0.52 ± 0.09, n = 7
MGD treated 4 to 8 weeks with Doxycycline 0.053 ± 0.013, n = 11 0.05 ± 0.02, n = 10 0.45 ± 0.069, n = 11
Normal vs MGD (p)       0.97     0.0098*      0.078
Doxycycline treated vs MGD (p)     0.004*      0.012*       0.53
a

Previously reported.11

*

Statistically significant, p < 0.05.