Table 4.

Coagulase-negative staphylococci associated with patients’ underlying disease (conjunctival area)

Diseases	Absence	Presence	P-value
	n (%)	n (%)
DM			0.028
DM	31 (83.78)	6 (16.22)
Normal	53 (63.86)	30 (36.14)
HT			0.001
HT	63 (79.75)	16 (20.25)
Normal	21 (51.22)	20 (48.78)
DLP			0.05
DLP	23 (85.19)	4 (14.81)
Normal	61 (65.59)	32 (34.41)

Notes: Statistic analysis: chi-square test;

†Fisher’s exact test, significant at P⩽0.05.

Abbreviations: DM, diabetes mellitus; HT, hypertension; DLP, dyslipidemia.