Table 1.

Patient Characteristics and Histatin-1 Concentrations.

Risk Factors	Normal (N = 11) Mean(se) or %	ADDE (N = 11) Mean(se) or %	p-value
Age (yrs)	44.6 ± 2.6	53.5 ± 2.9	0.032
Male Sex	7(63.6%)	6(54.6%)	0.665
Schirmer I (mm)	18.3 ± 2.5	1.9 ± 0.8	<0.001
OSDI	1.9 ± 1.0	33.8 ± 6.6	<0.001
HI (ng/ml)	891.6 ± 196.5	85.9 ± 63.7	<0.001

Schirmer I = Testing, in 5 minutes.

ADDE = aqueous-deficient dry eye.

OSDI = Ocular Surface Disease Index.

H1 = Histatin-1.

se = standard error of the mean.

% = Percentage.