Effect of artificial tears on dynamic optical quality in patients with dry eye disease

BMC Ophthalmology

Table 1 Demographic information and baseline results of ocular surface tests

	Control	Mild ADDE	Severe ADDE	P value	P value (subgroup comparison)
	(31 eyes)	(28 eyes)	(31 eyes)	within groups	control vs mild	control vs severe	mild vs severe
Male	10	13	10	0.342	0.269	0.785	0.171
Female	21	15	21	0.342	0.269	0.785	0.171
Age, y	38.13±13.79	37.71±13.43	36.35±14.40	0.847	0.982	0.678	0.564
OSDI, units	8.67±3.29	24.04±5.22	52.66±14.10	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
TBUT, s	11.84±3.12	4.05±1.09	3.17±0.99	0.002	<0.001	<0.001	0.024
Schirmer I, mm	16.26±4.98	8.48±2.74	3.83±1.25	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
LLT, nm	70.81±19.33	59.29±15.33	54.14±16.84	0.015	0.009	<0.001	0.452

Note: Data were expressed as the means ± SD. Due to multiple comparisons, the inspection level was corrected to 0.0125

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