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. 2020 Oct 5;34(5):367–374. doi: 10.3341/kjo.2020.0032

Table 2.

Changes in ocular indices after watching ultra-high-definition television

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.