Table 2.

Comparison of meibomian gland functional indexes between the dry eye group and the normal group.

Group	Dry eye	Normal	P
Meibomian gland orifice scores	1.82 ± 0.53	0.51 ± 0.62	<0.0001
Meibomian gland secretion scores	1.35 ± 0.59	0.41 ± 0.35	<0.0001
Meibomian gland dropout scores	3.21 ± 1.02	0.61 ± 0.65	<0.0001