Table 3.

Risk factors for DE symptoms 6 months after cataract surgery

	Risk factors for mild or greater DE-like symptoms			Risk factors for severe DE-like symptoms
	OR	95% CI	p-value	OR	95% CI	p-value
Demographics
Age, years	0.99	0.94–1.04	0.62	0.95	0.87–1.03	0.22
Gender	—	—	—	—	—	—
Race, Black/white	1.58	0.55–4.52	0.40	0.90	0.17–4.82	0.90
Ethnicity, Hispanic (H)/Non-H	1.20	0.39–3.66	0.76	1.36	0.25–7.40	0.73
Co-morbidities (Y/N)
Diabetes Mellitus	1.01	0.39–2.60	0.99	3.21	0.71–14.5	0.13
Depression	1.29	0.47–3.6	0.62	3.22	0.73–14.2	0.12
PTSD	2.43	0.70–8.40	0.16	4.47	0.91–21.9	0.07
Sleep apnea	2.09	0.74–5.90	0.16	6.78	1.4–31.6	0.02
Glaucoma	0.77	0.19–3.15	0.71	0.94	0.11–8.50	0.96
Self-reported DE symptoms prior to surgery	3.93	1.43–10.8	0.008	3.00	0.57–15.8	0.20
DE diagnosis by physician prior to surgery	2.32	0.87–6.24	0.09	2.80	0.64–12.3	0.17
Non-ocular pain*	4.36	1.58–12.1	0.005	5.37	1.12–24.7	0.03
Medications (Y/N)
Anti-depressant	1.93	0.73–5.07	0.19	4.37	0.96–19.9	0.06
Anxiolytic	1.48	0.38–5.75	0.57	1.06	0.12–9.67	0.96
Antihistamine	1.46	0.50–4.32	0.49	2.44	0.52–11.4	0.26
Artificial Tears	3.40	1.31–8.84	0.01	11.4	1.33–97.0	0.03
Glaucoma medication	—	—	—	—	—	—

OR=odds ratio; CI=confidence interval; DE=dry eye, PTSD=post traumatic stress disorder; Y/N=yes/no

— unstable estimates due to low number in one group

^*headache, migraine, low back pain, fibromyalgia, etc.