Table 2.
Schirmer 2 and TBUT test results of the groups.
| Patient eyes with inflamed pinguecula (n = 32) (Group 1) | Patient eyes without inflamed pinguecula (n = 32) (Group 2) | Control eyes (n = 32) (Group 3) | p ∗ | p # for intergroup comparisons | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups 1 vs 2 | Groups 1 vs 3 | Groups 2 vs 3 | ||||||
| BUT (s) | Mean ± SD | 8.1 ± 3.9 | 9.3 ± 4.3 | 13.5 ± 4.9 | <0.005 | 0.286 | <0.001 | 0.003 |
| Median | 8.0 | 8.0 | 14.0 | |||||
| Range | 3–19 | 3–18 | 4–25 | |||||
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| ST2 (mm) | Mean ± SD | 11.6 ± 5.1 | 11.6 ± 5.3 | 17.6 ± 7.8 | <0.005 | 0.951 | <0.001 | 0.003 |
| Median | 11.0 | 10.5 | 20.0 | |||||
| Range | 3–22 | 2–21 | 4–30 | |||||
∗ p value for comparison among three groups (Kruskal–Wallis one-way test). #p values for intergroup comparisons (Mann–Whitney U test). p value <0.05 is statistically significant.