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Table 2 Demographic Characteristics of Study Population

From: Social-economic analysis of patients with Sjogren’s syndrome dry eye in East China: a cross-sectional study

Feature

 

SSDE group

non-SSDE group

P value

(n = 34)

(n = 30)

Age(yrs)

Average

60.8 ± 9.1

57.1 ± 11.2

0.218+

Range

48–78

39–78

Gender

Female

31 (91.2%)

24 (80.0%)

0.199#

Male

3 (8.8%)

6 (20.0%)

Education

Illiteracy

1 (2.9%)

0 (0.0%)

0.020*#

Primary school

6 (17.6%)

7 (23.3%)

Junior middle school

8 (23.5%)

6 (20.0%)

Senior middle school

14 (41.2%)

4 (13.3%)

University

3 (8.8%)

11 (36.7%)

Post-graduate

2 (5.9%)

2 (6.7%)

Occupation

Retired

28 (82.4%)

12 (40.0%)

0.016*#

Unretired

6 (17.6%)

18 (60.0%)

  1. SSDE Sjogren’s syndrome dry eye, + Mann-Whitney U test
  2. *P < 0.05
  3. #Chi-square test