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Table 2 Comparison between SMILE and LASEK before and after WC

From: Effects of warm compress on tear film, blink pattern and Meibomian gland function in dry eyes after corneal refractive surgery

 

SMILE

P value

LASEK

P value

P value#

Pre-WC

Post-WC

Pre-WC

Post-WC

TFLLT-Ave(nm)

65.68 ± 18.22

85.00 ± 14.67

0.000*

57.67 ± 14.71

75.42 ± 26.10

0.006*

0.794

TFLLT-Max(nm)

83.60 ± 20.46

94.16 ± 9.58

0.006*

81.33 ± 18.53

84.42 ± 18.81

0.694

0.666

TFLLT-Min(nm)

54.48 ± 14.80

72.00 ± 22.70

0.000*

45.92 ± 18.31

67.17 ± 34.27

0.015*

0.642

TFLLT-Std

5.56 ± 2.87

6.36 ± 3.68

0.390

5.00 ± 1.95

10.92 ± 15.38

0.127

0.902

TBUT(s)

5.65 ± 2.12

6.26 ± 1.51

0.009*

4.82 ± 2.32

6.64 ± 3.20

0.008*

0.772

TMGS (0 to 45 points)

10.00 ± 4.39

11.92 ± 4.67

0.011*

10.91 ± 3.24

12.36 ± 4.39

0.102

0.700

MGL (0 to 15, n)

3.60 ± 1.55

4.40 ± 1.76

0.014*

3.72 ± 1.49

4.36 ± 1.69

0.142

0.710

MGC (0 to 15, n)

2.08 ± 1.55

2.52 ± 1.56

0.078

2.36 ± 1.36

2.45 ± 1.63

0.873

0.636

TBF (times/19.1s)

8.12 ± 3.35

6.84 ± 3.70

0.083

8.58 ± 4.78

9.50 ± 3.06

0.231

0.063

PBF (times/19.1s)

5.88 ± 3.87

3.08 ± 2.08

0.000*

4.83 ± 3.24

4.58 ± 4.10

0.754

0.030*

CBR (%)

29.08 ± 33.07

48.08 ± 36.30

0.012*

40.43 ± 32.54

54.84 ± 34.90

0.145

0.799

PBR (%)

70.91 ± 33.07

51.93 ± 36.30

0.008*

59.56 ± 32.54

45.14 ± 34.90

0.145

0.691

LogMAR UDVA

-0.05 ± 0.10

-0.07 ± 0.09

0.556

-0.05 ± 0.14

-0.10 ± 0.09

0.180

0.514

LogMAR CDVA

-0.12 ± 0.06

-0.13 ± 0.07

0.317

-0.13 ± 0.08

-0.13 ± 0.08

1.000

0.733

SE (Diopter, D)

-0.43 ± 0.45

-0.33 ± 0.41

0.200

-0.56 ± 0.66

-0.35 ± 0.49

0.068

0.857

 K1

38.09 ± 2.04

38.08 ± 1.96

0.560

39.63 ± 2.28

39.79 ± 2.45

0.491

0.263

 K2

39.01 ± 2.04

38.96 ± 1.99

0.348

40.44 ± 2.06

40.58 ± 2.33

0.541

0.486

 Km

38.56 ± 2.04

38.52 ± 1.95

0.313

40.01 ± 2.17

40.19 ± 2.37

0.064

0.032*

CCT (um)

452.71 ± 35.09

458.38 ± 37.04

0.072

485.22 ± 55.83

502.33 ± 61.28

0.021*

0.125

Total HOAs

0.73 ± 0.52

0.89 ± 0.42

0.274

0.43 ± 0.41

0.73 ± 0.21

0.735

0.228

Z (4,0)

0.30 ± 0.26

0.37 ± 0.21

0.510

0.28 ± 0.31

0.46 ± 0.28

0.612

0.604

Z (3,1)

-0.11 ± 0.38

-0.14 ± 0.39

0.129

-0.16 ± 0.22

-0.21 ± 0.12

0.436

0.708

Z (3, -1)

-0.57 ± 0.42

-0.56 ± 0.38

0.901

-0.01 ± 0.32

0.02 ± 0.29

0.528

0.670

  1. All data are expressed as the mean ± standard deviations
  2. TFLLT tear film lipid layer thickness, TBUT tear film break-up time, TMGS total Meibomian gland secretion score, MGL glands secreting any liquid, MGC glands secreting clear liquid, TBF total blink frequency, PBF partial blink frequency, PBR partial blink rate, CBR complete blink rate, UDVA uncorrected distance visual acuity, CDVA corrected distance visual acuity, SE spherical equivalent, CCT central corneal thickness, HOAs higher order aberrations
  3. *Significant difference (P < 0.05)
  4. #Comparison between SMILE and LASEK
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