. 2019 Dec 3;2019:5935239. doi: 10.1155/2019/5935239

Table 3.

Ocular surface disorders and MGs in the pterygium patients after excision surgery.

	1 month after surgery	3 months after surgery	6 months after surgery	p	p
	1 month after surgery	3 months after surgery	6 months after surgery	p	2 and 1	3 and 1	3 and 2
OSDI	17.25 ± 4.48^∗	14.51 ± 4.01^∗	14.40 ± 4.15^∗	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.818
SIT (mm)	11.92 ± 4.31^#†	12.68 ± 3.68^#†	12.91 ± 3.31^#†	0.241	0.273	0.158	0.749
NIBUTav (s)	9.04 ± 4.06^∗	11.12 ± 4.12^∗^†	11.14 ± 4.27^∗^†	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.972
TMH (mm)	0.23 ± 0.10^#†	0.23 ± 0.09^#†	0.23 ± 0.09^#†	0.882	0.846	0.967	0.815
Meiboscore	2.86 ± 1.19^#	2.94 ± 1.05^#	2.79 ± 1.25^#	0.582	0.466	0.560	0.191
Eyelid margin abnormality	1.10 ± 0.61^∗^†	1.10 ± 0.59^∗^†	1.10 ± 0.59^∗^†	<0.001	1.000	1.000	1.000
Lipid layer grading	1.67 ± 0.99^∗	2.00 ± 0.65^∗^†	2.05 ± 0.71^∗^†	<0.001	0.005	0.001	0.684

p, significance level in Pearson's correlation analysis. Data are expressed as means ± SD. ^#Preoperative vs. postoperative comparison; p > 0.05. ^∗Preoperative vs. postoperative comparison; p < 0.05. ^†Preoperative vs. control group comparison; p > 0.05.