Table 1.

Patients’ demographics and clinical tests in dry eye disease and controls

	Dry eye group, n=76	Control, n=44	P-value
Male (n)	16	22	0.013*
Female (n)	60	22	0.013*
Age	60.48±13.24	44.51±8.06	0.001*
Mean OSI	4.29±4.07	1.88±2.04	<0.001*
Minimum OSI	3.22±3.51	1.29±1.59	<0.001*
Maximum OSI	5.72±4.52	3.06±2.93	<0.001*
ΔOSI	2.50±1.96	1.76±1.96	0.05*
OSDI score	36.94±16.55	10.46±8.25	<0.001*
Corneal fluorescein staining score	0.79±0.96	0.07±0.26	<0.001*
Schirmer’s I test	10.08±7.85	26.41±6.75	<0.001*

Note: *Statistically significant.

Abbreviations: OSI, objective scatter index; OSDI, Ocular Surface Disease Index.