Table 4.

Therapeutic effects of the treatments for improvement of primary Sjögren syndrome with ocular surface inflammation.

		95% CI
Treatments	ß	Lower	Upper	p
Oral pilocarpine	1.050	1.000	1.102	0.092
Low-dose oral steroid	1.250	0.875	1.745	0.278
Tear substitutes
Carbomer gel	0.986	0.888	1.094	0.786
Lanoline ointment	1.097	0.948	1.269	0.214
Diquafosol 3%	1.012	0.924	1.108	0.800
Topical cyclosporine	1.084	0.980	1.199	0.098
Steroid eye drops (frequency dependent)
Prednisolone 1%	1.477	1.292	1.688	<0.001 *
Loteprednol 0.5%	1.390	1.076	1.798	0.012 *
Fluorometholone 0.1%	1.245	1.149	1.350	<0.001 *
Punctal plug insertion
Lower eyelid	2.257	1.927	2.643	<0.001 *
Upper eyelid	1.702	1.402	2.067	0.002 *

Adjustment for corneal staining score. * p < 0.05.