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. 2014 Dec 14;2014:754923. doi: 10.1155/2014/754923

Table 2.

Characteristics of patients and healthy subjects.

Patients Healthy subjects P
(n = 110) (n = 100)
Age (mean ± SD) 42 ± 11 41 ± 11 0.92
Sex (M/F) 7/103 5/95 0.6
UER (%) 11.8 1 0.03*
Proptosis (%) 6.4 1 0.22
OSDI (mean ± SD) 32.7 ± 19.2 18.9 ± 14.8 <0.05*
Schirmer (mean ± SD) 10.9 ± 5.6 17.7 ± 6.8 <0.05*
TBUT (mean ± SD) 10.1 ± 2.6 13.2 ± 3.2 <0.05*

*Statistically significant.

UER: upper eyelid retraction, TBUT: tear break-up time, OSDI: ocular surface disease index, M: male, and F: female.