Corneal nerve structure in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome in China

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Table 5 Statistical Results of Correlations Between Dry Eye Clinical Tests and IVCM Subbasal Parameters in SSDE group

Parameters	age	NIKTMH	NIKBUT	TBUT	Corneal Staining	Schirmer test	Meibography
Nerve density
r	0.369	0.197	0.324	0.082	−0.534	− 0.203	0.144
P	0.091	0.392	0.152	0.724	0.013^*	0.378	0.534
Mean length
r	−0.519	−0.103	−0.279	0.116	0.316	0.463	−0.146
P	0.013^*	0.656	0.221	0.616	0.163	0.035^*	0.527
Max length
r	0.246	0.154	−0.143	−0.009	− 0.069	−0.285	− 0.115
P	0.269	0.506	0.536	0.969	0.767	0.211	0.620
Number of nerves
r	0.421	0.208	0.246	0.027	−0.487	−0.268	0.184
P	0.051	0.366	0.283	0.908	0.025^*	0.241	0.424
Tortuosity
r	−0.024	−0.343	0.034	−0.285	0.057	0.109	0.011
P	0.917	0.128	0.883	0.211	0.807	0.637	0.963

^* P < 0.05
Statistics methods: correlation coefficients (Pearson or Spearman) and age-adjusted partial correlation coefficients (Pearson or Spearman) were calculated

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