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Table 3 Correlation analysis between tear LT-α and clinical parameters

From: Ophthalmic manifestations are associated with reduced tear lymphotoxin-α levels in chronic ocular graft-versus-host disease

Ocular surface parameters

All patients (rho, P)

oGVHD patients (rho, P)

OSDI score

-0.565, 0.0008***

-0.120, 0.594

NIH eye score

-0.628, <0.0001****

-0.158, 0.482

Corneal fluorescein score

-0.608, <0.0001****

-0.278, 0.211

Fluorescein tear film break-up time (s)

0.607, <0.0001****

0.277, 0.212

  1. Correlation analysis was calculated via Spearman’s test. P value less than 0.05 was considered significant, *P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001, ****P<0.0001; rho, Spearman ranked correlation coefficient