Table 3.

Summary of patient demographics at baseline: dry eye disease versus control populations (all enrolled population)

	All cases (n = 217)	All controls (n = 67)	P-value
Gender
Male	40 (18.4%)	16 (23.9%)	0.3797
Female	177 (81.6%)	51 (76.1%)
Race
Caucasian	186 (85.7%)	59 (88.1%)	0.4000
Black	12 (5.5%)	3 (4.5%)
Asian	0 (0.0)	1 (1.5%)
Hispanic	18 (8.3%)	4 (6.0%)
Other	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)
Age (yrs)
Mean (SD)	63.2 (10.5)	61.1 (11.2)	0.1607
Min–Max	37–89	41–88