Table 1.
Baseline characteristics.
| Characteristics | FAS analysis | PPS analysis | ||||
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| Moxibustion group (n = 59) | Artificial tear group (n = 53) | P value | Moxibustion group (n = 64) | Artificial tear group (n = 60) | P value | |
| Gender | 0.064 | 0.101 | ||||
| Male (n) | 12 | 20 | — | 11 | 17 | — |
| Female (n) | 52 | 40 | — | 48 | 36 | — |
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| Age | 44.44 ± 16.12 | 43.15 ± 15.13 | 0.648 | 45.31 ± 16.01 | 42.19 ± 15.28 | 0.296 |
| Symptom duration | 3.69 ± 5.72 | 3.16 ± 3.22 | 0.821 | 3.82 ± 5.92 | 3.05 ± 3.24 | 0.879 |
| Operation | 8 | 5 | 0.449 | 7 | 4 | 0.443 |
| Long-period wearing contact lens | 6 | 4 | 0.580 | 4 | 4 | 0.875 |