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Table 1 Demographics of all Demodex positive, suspicious-positive and negative patients

From: The correlation between Demodex infestation and meibomian gland dysfunction at different ages

 

Positive

Suspicious positive

Negative

P value

Total, n (%)

104 (51.5%)

41 (20.3%)

57 (28.2%)

0.000*

Mean age

43.73 ± 15.68

40.71 ± 17.47

35.60 ± 13.14

0.007^

Sex; male (n)

38

11

20

0.532*

  female(n)

66

30

37

 
  1. *P-value determined by Pearson’sχ2 test
  2. ^ P-value determined by Kruskal- Wallis H test
  3. Significant p-values (P < 0.05) are in bold