Table 2.
Total | Baseline | At 2 week | At 4 week | At 8 week | At 12 week | |
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Dry eye symptom score | 14.5 ± 6.97 | 9.80 ± 5.26 *** | 7.04 ± 5.42 *** | 7.04 ± 6.46 *** | 7.83 ± 6.82 *** | |
Fluorescein ocular surface staining score | 3.0 (2.0–5.3) | 2.0 (1.0–3.0)*** | 2.0 (1.0–4.0)*** | 1.0 (0.0–3.0)*** | 1.0 (0.0–3.0)*** | |
Fluorescein cornea staining score | 1.0 (1.0–2.0) | 1.0 (0.0–1.0)** | 1.0 (0.3–1.0)* | 1.0 (0.0–1.0)** | 1.0 (0.0–1.0)*** | |
Fluorescein conjunctiva staining score | 2.0 (1.0–3.0) | 1.0 (0.0–2.0)** | 1.0 (0.0–2.8)** | 0.0 (0.0–2.0)** | 1.0 (0.0–2.0)** | |
TBUT | 2.5 (2.0–3.0) | 3.0 (2.0–3.0) | 3.0 (2.0–3.0) | 3.0 (3.0–4.0)* | 3.0 (2.0–3.3) | |
Schirmer’s test | 6.0 (3.0–10.3) | 7.5 (3.5–12.4) | 9.0 (4.8–13.0) | 7.0 (4.0–12.3) | 6.5 (4.0–10.3) |
Values are mean ± SD or median (IQR)
*P’ < 0.05, **P’ < 0.01, ***P’ < 0.001
P’ = corrected P value with Bonferroni method
† one sample paired t-test were performed in the analyses of only dry eye symptom score, and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests were performed in the analyses of any other items