Table 2.
Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient analysis of nucleated cell count (NCC) from the SB over RC tendon and muscle. There was no statistical correlation with all patient demographics and tear characteristics.
| Nucleated Cell Count per Milligram | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bursa Over RC Tendon | Bursa over RC Muscle | |||
| rho | p-Value | rho | p-Value | |
| Age | 0.165 | 0.557 | −0.040 | 0.889 |
| Sex (Female) | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
| Height (cm) | −0.091 | 0.746 | −0.138 | 0.624 |
| Weight (kg) | −0.363 | 0.184 | −0.038 | 0.894 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | −0.361 | 0.187 | −0.057 | 0.840 |
| Tear size (mm) | −0.097 | 0.732 | −0.097 | 0.732 |
| Smoking (Non, Former, Current) | −0.445 | 0.096 | −0.078 | 0.782 |
| Brinkman Index (Ciggarettes/d × y) | −0.299 | 0.280 | 0.028 | 0.922 |
| Diabetes mellitus (Yes) | 0.039 | 0.891 | 0.077 | 0.785 |
| Thyroid disease (Yes) | −0.039 | 0.891 | −0.270 | 0.330 |
| Hypertension (Yes) | −0.229 | 0.411 | −0.295 | 0.2865 |