A, Prevalence of dry eye disease per serum androgen tertile. A subject was considered as having dry eye disease if there was presence of both dryness and irritation symptoms either constantly or often, and/or a report of a previous clinical diagnosis of dry eye disease. Serum androgen levels were corrected for age, body mass index (BMI) and gender. Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals. B, Dry eye symptoms score per serum androgen tertile. Dry eye symptoms score was the sum of 2 questions investigating the frequency of dryness symptoms and of irritation symptoms (both scored from 0 to 3). Serum androgen level were corrected for age, BMI and gender. Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals.