Table 4 of Ban, Mol Vis 2011; 17:2533-2543.

Table 4. Comparison of meibomian glands between the DE/cGVHD group and non-DE/non-cGVHD group using in vivo laser confocal microscopy.


Examinations		 DE/cGVHD
group		 Non-DE/non-cGVHD
group
p-value
MGAUD (glands/mm2) 57.8±38.3 88.8±26.6 0.01*
MGALD (μm) 37.3±24.4 60.4±11.8 0.0018*
MGASD (μm) 17.7±11.8 26.6±6.03 0.0106*
Fibrosis (grade) 1.39±0.71 0.06±0.25 <0.0001‡

DE=dry eye; cGVHD=chronic graft-versus-host disease; MGAUD=meibomian gland acinar unit density; MGALD=meibomian gland acinar longest diameter; MGASD=meibomian gland acinar shortest diameter; *=Unpaired t-test; ‡=Mann–Whitney test.

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