Table 2.

Therapeutic effects of the treatments for improvement of corneal staining score (SICCA).

		95% CI
Treatments	ß	Lower	Upper	p
Oral pilocarpine	1.017	0.995	1.039	0.141
Low-dose oral steroid	1.220	0.724	2.057	0.455
Tear substitutes
Carbomer gel	1.035	1.002	1.069	0.037 *
Lanoline ointment	1.142	1.008	1.274	0.033 *
Diquafosol 3%	1.203	1.060	1.475	0.005 *
Topical cyclosporine	1.082	0.980	1.191	0.099
Steroid eye drops (frequency dependent)
Prednisolone 1%	1.255	1.058	1.487	0.009 *
Loteprednol 0.5%	1.229	1.002	1.486	0.042 *
Fluorometholone 0.1%	1.188	1.012	1.395	0.035 *
Punctal plug insertion
Lower eyelid	2.697	2.161	3.365	<0.001 *
Upper eyelid	1.801	1.369	2.370	<0.001 *

Adjustment for corneal staining score and ocular surface inflammation. * p < 0.05.