Table 5.

Therapeutic effects of the treatments for improvement of primary Sjögren syndrome without ocular surface inflammation.

		95% CI
Treatments	ß	Lower	Upper	p
Oral pilocarpine	0.991	0.962	1.022	0.578
Low-dose oral steroid	0.992	0.901	1.091	0.862
Tear substitutes
Carbomer gel	1.060	1.019	1.102	0.003 *
Lanoline ointment	1.171	1.134	1.211	<0.001 *
Diquafosol 3%	1.372	1.116	1.685	0.003 *
Topical cyclosporine	0.861	0.686	1.080	0.196
Punctal plug insertion
Lower eyelid	2.967	2.259	3.897	<0.001 *
Upper eyelid	1.848	1.315	2.598	<0.001 *

Adjustment for corneal staining score. * p < 0.05.