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. 2017 Jun 16;31(12):1655–1663. doi: 10.1038/eye.2017.118

Table 3. Effect of age and DES aetiology on FAB outcomes. Mean+SD change at FAB completion (Day 56) versus baseline.

    n (Patients) n (Eyes) OCI Oxford Staining Grade TBUT (seconds) Visual Acuity (logMAR equivalent) Schirmer Score (mm)
Age >50 9 17 −17.11±11.94 −1.00±0.87 2±4.10 −0.06±0.17 0.53±3.46
  ≤50 7 12 −15.27±13.31 −1.58±1.31 3.63±7.06 −0.09±0.15 −1.25±3.41
  P     0.77 0.16 0.49 0.58 0.19
Aetiology Sjogren 12 23 −16.34±13.52 −1.35±1.03 3.16±6.05 −0.05±0.15 −0.10±3.10
  Non-Sjogren 4 6 −16.19±8.28 −0.83±1.33 1.20±3.27 −0.14±0.18 −0.83±4.96
  P     0.98 0.31 0.5 0.27 0.66