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Table 1 Demographic Data, Schirmer’s test and OSDI scores of Normal Controls and Patients with non-Sjögren’s and Sjögren’s Syndrome Dry Eye

From: Evaluation of the corneal epithelium in non-Sjögren’s and Sjögren’s dry eyes: an in vivo confocal microscopy study using HRT III RCM

 

Controls

NSDE

SSDE

No. of Patients

7

12

22

Mean age ± SD (yrs.)

59.3±12.7

58.9±22.4

57.5±8.6

Gender (male/female)

1/6

1/11

1/21

Schirmer’s test (mm)

15.3±5.7

7.2±4.2a

2.3±4.3a

OSDI score

6.25±5.89

37.8±10.59a

46.49±29.86a

  1. NSDE non-Sjögren’s dry eye, SSDE Sjögren’s syndrome dry eye, OSDI Ocular Surface Disease Index
  2. Values reported as mean ± SD
  3. aStatistically significant (P < 0.05) compared with controls