Table 4.
Oral medicine and dry eye parameters.
| No. of Cases | Schirmer Value (mm) | TBUT (s) | Fluorescein Staining Score | DEQS | HUI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antihypertensive | (+) | 98 | 7.50 ± 6.84 | 2.74 ± 1.68 | 2.92 ± 1.73 | 21.39 ± 18.95 | 0.73 ± 0.25 |
| (−) | 351 | 10.31 ± 9.99 | 2.72 ± 1.53 | 2.77 ± 2.02 | 28.33 ± 20.86 | 0.76 ± 0.20 | |
| p | 0.009 * | 0.901 | 0.514 | 0.003 * | 0.272 | ||
| Age-adjusted | 0.626 | 0.413 | 0.548 | 0.342 | 0.853 | ||
| Sedative | (+) | 55 | 8.64 ± 9.13 | 2.38 ± 1.61 | 2.93 ± 1.82 | 27.54 ± 20.16 | 0.74 ± 0.20 |
| (−) | 394 | 9.84 ± 9.49 | 2.77 ± 1.55 | 2.79 ± 1.98 | 26.69 ± 20.72 | 0.76 ± 0.22 | |
| p | 0.378 | 0.078 | 0.619 | 0.779 | 0.485 | ||
| Age-adjusted | 0.741 | 0.149 | 0.649 | 0.138 | 0.837 | ||
| Antidepressant | (+) | 20 | 5.50 ± 5.85 | 2.03 ± 1.84 | 2.15 ± 1.90 | 26.05 ± 18.05 | 0.73 ± 0.21 |
| (−) | 429 | 9.89 ± 9.54 | 2.76 ± 1.55 | 2.83 ± 1.96 | 26.82 ± 20.76 | 0.76 ± 0.22 | |
| p | 0.042 * | 0.043 * | 0.127 | 0.874 | 0.55 | ||
| Age-adjusted | 0.056 | 0.049 * | 0.125 | 0.993 | 0.598 |
TBUT: tear film break up time; DEQS: Dry Eye-Related Quality-of-Life Score; HUI: Health Utilities Index. * p < 0.05. Mean ± SD; “+”: presence; “−”: absence.