Table 4 of Wakamatsu, Mol Vis 2009; 15:1611-1619.


Table 4. The correlation between in vivo confocal microscopy corneal inflammatory cell density, tear stability, and ocular surface vital staining.

Tear function tests and
vital staining scores
Infiltrate Density (Confocal microscopy)
Pearson correlation coefficient p value
BUT (s) −0.5229 0.0260*
Fluorescein score (points) 0.5788 0.0118*
Rose Bengal score (points) 0.4491 0.0615