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Table 7 Measures of visual acuity in dry eye disease and control populations (all enrolled population)

From: Study design and baseline findings from the progression of ocular findings (PROOF) natural history study of dry eye

 

All cases (n = 217)

All controls (n = 67)

P-value

Best-corrected visual acuity (study eye)

 Mean (SD)

20/24.2 (7.6)

20/22.5 (5.6)

0.0817

 Median

20/20

20/20

 

Symptom of blurred or fluctuating vision, n (%)

 None

33 (15.2)

49 (73.1)

 

 Mild

52 (24.0)

10 (15.0)

 

 Moderate

94 (43.3)

7 (10.5)

 

 Severe

25 (11.5)

0 (0)

 

 Very severe

6 (2.8)

0 (0)

 

 Missing

7 (3.2)

1 (1.5)

 

 Mean (SD)

1.6 (1.0)

0.4 (0.7)

<0.0001

 Median

2.0

0