Table 3.
Comparison of tear film lipid layer thickness and interferometer-derived parameters before and after treatment. (Differential analysis for MGD and normal groups).
| MGD | Normal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before Tx | After Tx | p-Value | Before Tx | After Tx | p-Value | ||
| TFLLT | |||||||
| Avr | 64.74 ± 23.43 | 77.16 ± 21.93 | 0.067 | 54.71 ± 20.25 | 96.14 ± 7.58 | 0.018 * | |
| Max | 79.42 ± 23.51 | 87.42 ± 14.71 | 0.164 | 74.57 ± 21.85 | 100 ± 0 | 0.028 * | |
| Min | 57.26 ± 22.96 | 71.26 ± 24.57 | 0.042 * | 46.29 ± 13.76 | 90.29 ± 10.10 | 0.018 * | |
| TBF | 5.63 ± 6.05 | 5.16 ± 5.61 | 0.568 | 4.43 ± 2.30 | 4.00 ± 2.08 | 0.396 | |
| CBF | 3.00 ± 5.11 | 2.58 ± 5.57 | 0.575 | 0.29 ± 0.49 | 1.14 ± 2.19 | 0.18 | |
| PBF | 2.63 ± 2.22 | 2.58 ± 2.67 | 0.95 | 4.14 ± 2.04 | 2.86 ± 1.68 | 0.279 | |
| PBR | 0.56 ± 0.40 | 0.57 ± 0.40 | 0.285 | 0.95 ± 0.10 | 0.81 ± 0.32 | 0.592 | |
The data are expressed as means ± standard deviation. * indicating a p-value < 0.05. Avr, Average; CBF, complete blink frequency; Max, Maximum; Min, Minimum; MGD, meibomian gland dysfunction; PBF, partial blink frequency; PBR, partial blink rate; TBF, Total blink frequency; TFLLT, tear film lipid layer thickness; Tx, treatment.