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. 2018 Jan 26;32(4):763–767. doi: 10.1038/eye.2017.275

Table 1. Demographic characteristics of fibromyalgia patients and control subjects.

  Study Control P-values
Participant (n) 36 39  
Gender (m/f) 30/6 33/6 0.879a
Age (years) 46.72±9.18 44.23±7.65 0.204b
Schirmer (mm/5 min) 16.11±3.96 15.31±3.70 0.367b
TBUT (s) 17.81±5.60 18.87±5.37 0.403b
OSDI 19.89±13.70 6.13±4.09 <0.001b
BCVA (logMAR) 0.0(0.0–0.2) 0.0(0.0–0.2) 0.486c

Abbreviations: BCVA, best corrected visual acuity; m/f, male/female; TBUT, tear break up time.

a

χ2-test.

b

Student’s t-test.

c

Mann–Whitney U-test.