Table 3 of Ban, Mol Vis 2011; 17:2533-2543.

Table 3. Comparison of ocular surface/tear dynamics between the DE/cGVHD group and non-DE/non-cGVHD group.


Examinations		 DE/cGVHD
group		 Non-DE/non-cGVHD
group
p-value
F (points) 4.88±3.06 0.38±0.62 <0.0001‡
RB (points) 5.06±2.41 0.13±0.34 <0.0001‡
MG expressibility (points) 2.47±0.92 0.75±0.93 <0.0001‡
Meibography (grade) 1.41±0.80 0.50±0.52 0.0014‡
Lid margin (grade) 2.94±1.35 0.38±0.72 <0.0001‡
TBUT (seconds) 2.35±1.90 6.94±3.04 <0.0001*
Schirmer (mm) 1.64±1.21 5.80±2.30 <0.0001*

DE=dry eye; cGVHD=chronic graft-versus-host disease; F=fluorescein score; RB=Rose-Bengal score; MG=meibomian gland; TBUT=tear film break up time; *=Unpaired t-test, ‡=Mann–Whitney test.

Ban, Mol Vis 2011; 17:2533-2543. http://www.molvis.org/molvis/v17/a274

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