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Table 2 Comparison of ocular surface and MG parameters among three groups in young patients

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

 

Positive

Suspicious positive

Negative

P value

OSDI

23.11 ± 11.48

22.45 ± 8.97

23.64 ± 11.51

0.923*

FBUT

4.85 ± 2.04

5.36 ± 2.63

5.49 ± 1.88

0.243

CFS

0.98 ± 1.60

0.77 ± 1.07

0.63 ± 1.15

0.058

SIT(mm)

10.66 ± 7.87

9.38 ± 5.70

11.08 ± 7.87

0.844*

LLT(nm)

62.68 ± 23.37

64.35 ± 26.52

74.89 ± 21.01

0.054

MG dropout

2.31 ± 1.52

1.52 ± 1.12

1.05 ± 1.14

0.000

Plugging of MG orifices

4.60 ± 1.21

3.44 ± 1.10

3.29 ± 1.58

0.000

Lid margin abnormality

3.36 ± 1.03

2.27 ± 1.12

2.00 ± 1.09

0.000

MG expression

5.06 ± 3.35

3.77 ± 2.58

3.55 ± 3.25

0.059

Meibum quality

12.81 ± 5.32

8.77 ± 4.39

7.89 ± 4.44

0.000*

  1. MG Meibomian gland, OSDI Ocular surface disease index, FBUT Fluorescein tear film break-up time, CFS Corneal fluorescein staining, SIT Schirmer test I, LLT Lipid layer thickness
  2. P-value determined by Kruskal–Wallis H test; * indicates analysis of variance
  3. Significant P-values (P < 0.05) are in bold