Table 1 Changes in clinical parameters for patients with meibomian gland dysfunction between before and three weeks after four sessions of intense pulsed light treatment combined with the meibomian gland expression

0.04 ± 0.07

0.03 ± 0.05

0.08

3.37 ± 3.05

1.45 ± 0.92

< 0.001

21.06 ± 12.30

31.62 ± 9.58

< 0.001

0.12 ± 0.06

0.18 ± 0.04

< 0.001

75.30 ± 25.03

82.73 ± 20.51

0.031

89.48 ± 18.70

95.00 ± 12.37

0.021

61.90 ± 28.73

67.64 ± 25.92

0.207

0.51 ± 0.42

0.39 ± 0.40

0.037

2.06 ± 0.72

0.92 ± 0.64

< 0.001

3.18 ± 1.46

6.60 ± 1.96

< 0.001

1.18 ± 0.82

0.61 ± 0.55

< 0.001

8.41 ± 1.69

9.64 ± 1.72

< 0.001

31.46 ± 6.29

23.26 ± 5.96

< 0.001