Table 6.

Correlation between tear inflammatory molecules and clinical symptoms in both groups before cataract surgery

		NIKTMH	NIF-BUT	NIAvg-BUT	Redness score	Meibography score	Schirmer I test
IL-1β	r	0.097	−0.175	−0.048	0.146	−0.085	−0.276
	P value	0.433	0.154	0.698	0.239	0.493	0.023
IL-6	r	0.03	−0.257	−0.169	0.079	0.151	−0.096
	P value	0.777	0.012	0.104	0.456	0.143	0.354
IL-8	r	−0.035	−0.204	−0.137	0.153	0.076	−0.200
	P value	0.731	0.043	0.176	0.136	0.453	0.046
IL-10	r	−0.037	0.096	0.123	−0.012	−0.003	−0.158
	P value	0.717	0.346	0.227	0.905	0.973	0.119
IL-12	r	−0.097	−0.079	−0.044	0.05	−0.064	−0.022
	P value	0.343	0.441	0.667	0.629	0.533	0.827
TNF-α	r	0.228	−0.105	−0.018	−0.048	−0.221	−0.153
	P value	0.056	0.382	0.88	0.696	0.062	0.197
ICAM-1	r	−0.094	−0.027	−0.104	0.003	0.108	0.152
	P value	0.375	0.795	0.326	0.98	0.303	0.146

IL interleukin; TNF tumor necrosis factor; ICAM intercellular cell adhesion molecule; NIKTMH noninvasive keratography tear meniscus height; NIF-BUT noninvasive first breakup time; NIAvg-BUT noninvasive average breakup time; OSDI Ocular Surface Disease Index. Spearman correlation coefficient (r) was used to analyze the associations between variables. Significant correlations are in bold