Table 2 Corneal Peak Fluorescence (ng/ml) at different times. Corneal Peak Fluorescence (ng/ml) was measured at different times. A ratio of the corneal fluorescein concentration at 60 minutes to the baseline fluorescence was also used for comparison.
From: Fluorophotometry as a diagnostic tool for the evaluation of dry eye disease
Baseline | 10 minutes | 20 minutes | 40 minutes | 60 minutes | 60/baseline | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DED | Mean | 22.42 | 375.26 | 202.57 | 118.95 | 112.87 | 5.04 |
St Dev | 2.56 | 202.67 | 117.78 | 52.47 | 52.83 | 2.23 | |
Normal | Mean | 21.70 | 128.19 | 66.23 | 45.80 | 40.64 | 1.92 |
St Dev | 2.60 | 85.84 | 26.30 | 11.52 | 7.96 | 0.30 | |
P value | 0.437675 | 0.00088774 | 0.001278239 | 0.00027737 | 0.0003374 | 0.000276759 |