Table 5.
CFS scores changes during the trial.
Time | FAS analysis | PPS analysis | |||
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Moxibustion group | Artificial tear group | Moxibustion group | Artificial tear group | ||
Left eye | Baseline | 1.97 ± 2.84 | 2.22 ± 2.96 | 1.86 ± 2.76 | 2.45 ± 3.06 |
Baseline—2 week | −0.08 ± 2.28★ | 0.92 ± 2.37△ | −0.09 ± 2.40★ | 1.09 ± 2.46△ | |
Baseline—4 week | 0.25 ± 2.78 | 0.65 ± 2.90 | 0.28 ± 2.92 | 0.72 ± 3.12 | |
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Right eye | Baseline | 1.51 ± 2.21 | 2.00 ± 2.60 | 1.41 ± 2.19 | 2.15 ± 2.68 |
Baseline—2 week | −0.30 ± 2.09 | 0.47 ± 2.37 | −0.33 ± 2.20 | 0.51 ± 2.50 | |
Baseline—4 week | 0.22 ± 2.09 | 0.55 ± 2.60 | 0.25 ± 2.20 | 0.52 ± 2.81 |
Note: CFS: corneal fluorescein staining.