Effects of radiation therapy on the meibomian glands and dry eye in patients with ocular adnexal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma

Table 3 Correlation of meiboscore with ocular surface parameters in conjunctival and “orbital-type” OAML

	Conjunctival OAML	“Orbital-type” OAML
	Meiboscore (U + L)	Meiboscore (U + L)
OSDI	r = 0.38	r = 0.43
OSDI	P = 0.45	P = 0.04^a
Schirmer’s test (mm)	r = −0.14	r = − 0.18
Schirmer’s test (mm)	P = 0.27	P = 0.43
TBUT (s)	r = 0.12	r = − 0.40
TBUT (s)	P = 0.67	P = 0.20
Corneal fluorescein staining score	r = 0.28	r = 0.39
Corneal fluorescein staining score	P = 0.48	P = 0.03^a
Lid margin abnormality score	r = 0.30	r = 0.16
Lid margin abnormality score	P = 0.18	P = 0.51

Spearman’s correlation test was used
Meiboscore (U + L) meiboscores of upper eyelid and lower eyelid at post-RT 6 months were added up; OAML ocular adnexal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma, OSDI ocular surface disease index, TBUT tear film break-up time
^aValues with statistical significance are indicated with an asterisk (*)

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