Table 5. Clinical signs and symptoms before and after hyperthermic and mechanical squeezing treatment in all participants with MGD.

	Before treatment	After treatment	p-value
Meibography score	4.02 (±1.15)	3.57 (±1.32)	***< 0.001b
OSDI	41.18 (±22.30)	28.12 (±15.98)	***< 0.001a
TBUT (seconds)	5.87 (±1.57)	8.30 (±2.77)	***< 0.001b
Schirmer’s test (mm)	7.06 (±4.48)	6.60 (±3.07)	0.476b
Expressibility of meibum	21.27 (±11.42)	31.90 (±11.88)	***< 0.001a
Cornea staining score	1.36 (±0.66)	1.08 (±0.66)	*0.022b
Meibum quality score	2.20 (±0.57)	2.14 (±0.46)	0.260b

Data are presented as number and mean value ±standard deviation.

^a: Paired t-test results.

^b: Wilcoxon signed rank test results. OSDI: ocular surface disease index; TBUT: tear film break-up time.

* p<0.05,

*** p<0.001.