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. 2018 Jul 18;11(7):1077–1083. doi: 10.18240/ijo.2018.07.01

Table 1. Comparison of SIT and TBUT data and corneal fluorescence staining scores.

Time	Control group (n=12)			Model group (n=12)
Time	SIT (mm)	TBUT (s)	Corneal scores	SIT (mm)	TBUT (s)	Corneal scores
1wk after modeling	9.43±0.52	6.03±0.44	0.6±0.5	9.48±0.56^a	6.08±0.40^a	1.4±1.1^b
2wk after modeling	8.86±0.63	5.25±0.14	0.9±0.5	9.17±0.67^a	5.14±0.42^a	1.8±0.6^b
4wk after modeling	9.18±0.71	5.86±0.33	0.9±0.7	8.82±0.85^a	3.33±0.57^b	4.1±1.6^b
6wk after modeling	9.32±0.40	6.06±0.47	0.7±0.5	8.89±0.52^a	2.75±0.21^b	4.7±0.9^b

^aP>0.05 vs the control group; ^bP<0.05 vs the control group. SIT: Schirmer I test; TBUT: Tear breakup time.

mean±SD