Table 2.
Variable* | Total |
Dry eye |
Non-dry eye |
p-value‡ | Old age |
Young age |
p-value‡ | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean ± SD | p-value† | Mean ± SD | p-value† | Mean ± SD | p-value† | Mean ± SD | p-value† | Mean ± SD | p-value† | |||
Best-corrected visual acuity (logMAR) | -0.00 ± 0.08 | 0.675 | -0.01 ± 0.09 | 0.352 | +0.01 ± 0.08 | 0.595 | 0.300 | +0.02 ± 0.08 | 0.303 | -0.01 ± 0.09 | 0.260 | 0.147 |
Refractive errors (SE, diopters) | -0.03 ± 0.17 | 0.147 | -0.05 ± 0.22 | 0.163 | -0.00 ± 0.06 | 0.714 | 0.240 | +0.08 ± 0.06 | 0.181 | -0.05 ± 0.20 | 0.081 | 0.122 |
Tear break-up time (sec) | -1.08 ± 2.24 | <0.001 | +0.01 ± 1.77 | 0.726 | -2.46 ± 1.93 | <0.001 | <0.001 | -1.25 ± 2.19 | 0.010 | -1.00 ± 2.28 | 0.003 | 0.654 |
Corneal staining grading (0–3) | +0.17 ± 0.41 | 0.001 | +0.20 ± 0.40 | 0.003 | +0.14 ± 0.43 | 0.048 | 0.586 | +0.21 ± 0.51 | 0.039 | +0.15 ± 0.36 | 0.004 | 0.038 |
Conjunctival redness grading (0–3) | +0.05 ± 0.26 | 0.127 | +0.09 ± 0.27 | 0.051 | +0.00 ± 0.24 | >0.999 | 0.156 | -0.00 ± 0.29 | >0.999 | +0.07 ± 0.24 | 0.510 | 0.298 |
Tear meniscus height (μm) | -9.5 ± 99.8 | 0.408 | +8.1 ± 95.1 | 0.132 | -24.6 ± 102.4 | 0.618 | 0.156 | -33.3 ± 127.4 | 0.213 | +1.5 ± 83.2 | 0.900 | 0.159 |
Tear meniscus area (μm2) | -1,184 ± 18,688 | 0.582 | -4,146 ± 20,612 | 0.205 | -2,286 ± 15,734 | 0.396 | 0.136 | -3,750 ± 22,223 | 0.417 | +0.0 ± 16,920 | >0.999 | 0.420 |
Ocular symptom score | -0.91 ± 10.66 | 0.460 | +1.34 ± 9.36 | 0.364 | -3.54 ± 11.60 | 0.08 | 0.046 | -5.21 ± 15.15 | 0.106 | +1.08 ± 7.14 | 0.282 | 0.016 |
Dry eye = tear break-up time <8 seconds; Non-dry eye = tear break-up time ≥8 seconds; Old age = age >50 years old; Young age = age ≤50 years old; SD = standard deviation; log-MAR = logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution; SE = spherical equivalent.
Values obtained after watching with the subtraction of baseline values;
Paired t-test;
Linear mixed model.