Table 3.

Therapeutic effects of the treatments for improvement of symptoms.

		95% CI
Treatments	ß	Lower	Upper	p
Oral pilocarpine	0.987	0.962	1.013	0.987
Low-dose oral steroid	0.972	0.882	1.070	0.972
Tear substitutes
Carbomer gel	1.030	0.996	1.065	0.089
Lanoline ointment	1.040	1.006	1.077	0.023 *
Diquafosol 3%	1.027	1.003	1.052	0.022 *
Topical cyclosporine	0.920	0.836	1.013	0.136
Steroid eye drops (frequency dependent)
Prednisolone 1%	1.297	1.174	1.434	<0.001 *
Loteprednol 0.5%	1.228	1.034	1.542	0.017 *
Fluorometholone 0.1%	1.228	1.124	1.343	<0.001 *
Punctal plug insertion
Lower eyelid	2.867	2.248	3.655	<0.001 *
Upper eyelid	2.102	1.535	2.877	<0.001 *

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