Table 6 of Versura, Mol Vis 2013; 19:1247-1257.


Table 6. Pearson’s r or Spearman’s ρ correlation coefficients between tear protein and clinical parameter (significance p<0.05).

Test variable OSDI TFBUT Schirmer test 1 CorneaNEI Conjunctiva NEI DE severityscore
LYS-C r=- 0.28
p=0.0001 r=0.11
p=0.12 r=0.12
p=0.12 r=-0.28
p=0.0001 r=-0.16
p=0.01 ρ=- 0.39
p<0.0001
LACTO r=-0.35
p<0.0001 r=0.35
p<0.0001 r=0.07
p=0.2 r=-0.30
p<0.0001 r=-0.24
p=0.0006 ρ=- 0.36
p<0.0001
LIPOC-1 r=- 0.31
p<0.0001 r=0.39
p<0.0001 r=0.16
p=0.02 r=- 0.42
p<0.0001 r=-0.23
p=0.001 ρ=- 0.57
p<0.0001
TRANSF r=-0.28
p<0.0001 r=0.17
p=0.01 r=-0.20
p=0.003 r=-0.30
p<0.0001 r=-0.24
p=0.0006 ρ=-0.37
p<0.0001
ALB r=0.09
p=0.1 r=- 0.22
p=0.001 r=-0.15
p=0.4 r=0.16
p=0.02 r=0.21
p=0.002 ρ=0.52
p<0.0001
ZAG-2 r=-0.16
p=0.03 r=0.41
p<0.0001 r=0.13
p=0.7 r=-0.3
p=0.001 r=-0.12
p=0.2 ρ=-0.35
p<0.0001
TP r=-0.35
p<0.0001 r=0.33
p<0.0001 r=-0.06
p=0.4 r=- 0.36
p<0.0001 r=-0.33
p=0.001 ρ=- 0.54
p<0.0001