Table 4.

Patient and environmental characteristics correlations with OST.

	Medial Canthus		Central Cornea		Lateral Canthus
Patient Characteristics
Age (years)	r = −0.2	p = 0.02 *	r = −0.17	p = 0.047 *	r = −0.15	p = 0.09 **
Body temperature (°C)	r = 0.15	p = 0.07 **	r = 0.13	p = 0.13	r = 0.18	p = 0.04 *
BMI	r = −0.04	p = 0.68	r = −0.006	p = 0.95	r = −0.03	p = 0.7
Systolic BP (mmHg)	r = −0.02	p = 0.79	r = 0.04	p = 0.66	r = −0.04	p = 0.67
Maximal HR (bpm)	r = 0.29	p = <0.01 *	r = 0.27	p < 0.01 *	r = 0.27	p < 0.01 *
LDL (mg/dL)	r = 0.22	p < 0.01 *	r = 0.24	p < 0.01 *	r = 0.2	p = 0.02 *
HDL (mg/dL)	r = −0.18	p = 0.03 *	r = −0.21	p = 0.01 *	r = −0.16	p = 0.06 **
HbA1C (%)	r = 0.03	p = 0.73	r = 0.08	p = 0.32	r = 0.06	p = 0.47
Environmental Characteristics
Room temperature (°C)	r = 0.52	p < 0.01 *	r = 0.5	p < 0.01 *	r = 0.52	p < 0.01 *
Humidity (%)	r = 0.36	p < 0.01 *	r = 0.38	p < 0.01 *	r = 0.38	p < 0.01 *

Pearson correlation coefficients with respective p values are presented. * Statistically significant (p ≤ 0.05, 2-tailed), ** Borderline statistical significance (0.05 ≤ p ≤ 0.1, 2-tailed). Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; HR, heart rate; bpm, beats per minute.