Dry eye disease among Glaucoma patients on topical hypotensive medications, in a tertiary hospital, Ethiopia

BMC Ophthalmology

Table 2 Clinical Tests of Dry Eye Disease of Glaucoma Patients and Controls

Test	Glaucoma Patients		Controls		P Value*
Test	No	%	No	%	P Value*
Corneal Staining
Normal	54	33	80	50	0.045
Mild	90	56	66	41
Moderate	14	9	14	9
Severe	2	1	0
TBUT
Normal	81	51	88	55	0.021
Mild to moderate	29	18	33	21
Severe	50	31	39	24
Schirmer
Normal	69	43	77	48	0.242
Mild to moderate	26	16	23	14
Severe	65	41	60	38
Total number of abnormal tests
Zero/all normal	21	13	39	25	0.034
One	41	26	44	28
Two	59	37	40	25
Three	39	24	37	23

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