Table 3.
The prevalence and the change of diagnostic classification of dry eye before and 4 weeks after cataract surgery
| Classification of dry eye diagnosis before surgery
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-dry eye (%) | Dry eye patient
|
Total (%) | |||||
| Probable (%) | Definite (%) | Probable + definite (%) | |||||
| The prevalence of dry eye before cataract surgery | 131 (30.3) | 217 (50.1) | 85 (19.6) | 302 (69.7) | 433 (100.0) | ||
| Number of patients analyzed | 131 (100.0) | 217 (100.0) | 85 (100.0) | 302 (100.0) | 433 (100.0) | ||
| Classification of dry eye diagnosis 4 weeks after surgery | Non-dry eye | 90 (68.7) | 83 (38.2) | 19 (22.4) | 102 (33.8) | 192 (44.3) | |
| Dry eye patient | Probable | 30 (22.9) | 100 (46.1) | 38 (44.7) | 138 (45.7) | 168 (38.8) | |
| Definite | 11 (8.4) | 34 (15.7) | 28 (32.9) | 62 (20.5) | 73 (16.9) | ||
| Probable + definite | 41 (31.3) | 134 (61.8) | 66 (77.6) | 200 (66.2) | 241 (55.7) | ||