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) | ||
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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 |