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Table 1 Clinical signs and subjective symptoms before and after eyelid debris debridement and meibomian gland expression in patients with moderate and severe meibomian gland dysfunction

From: Effects of lid debris debridement combined with meibomian gland expression on the ocular surface MMP-9 levels and clinical outcomes in moderate and severe meibomian gland dysfunction

Parameters

Before treatment

4 weeks after the treatment

P value

TBUT (sec)a

4.21 (0.30)

5.55 (0.21)

0.002

Fluorescein staining

 SICCA staining scorea

4.72 (0.25)

3.17 (0.22)

< 0.001

 Oxford staining scorea

1.67 (0.10)

1.15 (0.09)

< 0.001

Schirmer test (mm)a

10.65 (1.32)

11.12 (1.49)

0.703

Subjective symptom

 OSDI scorea

55.79 (3.18)

45.27 (2.98)

0.002

 Ocular irritation symptom scoreb

33 (73.3%)

24 (53.3%)

< 0.001

  1. TBUT tear film break-up time, SICCA Sjögren’s International Collaborative Clinical Alliance, OSDI ocular surface disease index
  2. aResults are presented as mean (standard error) and P values are from linear mixed model
  3. bGeneralized estimating equations model for noncontinuous scale values: ocular irritation symptom score, n (%, proportion ≥ grade 2)