Research Article
The Association between Dry Eye Disease and Physical Activity as well as Sedentary Behavior: Results from the Osaka Study
Table 1
Characteristics of the study participants who completed dry eye disease examinations and a physical activity questionnaire.
| | | Definite DED | Probable DED | Non-DED | Total | value |
| | | 50 | 230 | 145 | 425 | — | Sex (%) | Men | 23 (46.0) | 143 (62.2) | 114 (78.6) | 280 (65.9) | | Women | 27 (54.0) | 87 (37.8) | 31 (21.4) | 145 (34.1) |
| Age | Mean ± SD | 41.0 ± 7.2 | 42.5 ± 8.3 | 43.1 ± 8.9 | 42.5 ± 8.4 | |
| Age (category) (%) | 20 s | 3 (6.0) | 12 (5.2) | 13 (9.0) | 28 (6.6) | | 30 s | 18 (36.0) | 73 (31.7) | 32 (22.1) | 123 (28.9) | 40 s | 22 (44.0) | 98 (42.6) | 62 (42.8) | 182 (42.8) | 50 s | 7 (14.0) | 47 (20.4) | 38 (26.2) | 92 (21.6) |
| VDT time | Mean ± SD | 8.4 ± 2.2 | 8.1 ± 2.3 | 7.7 ± 2.1 | 8.0 ± 2.2 | |
| VDT time (2 categories) (%) | <8 h ≥8 h | 34 (68.0) 26 (17.9) | 163 (70.9) 67 (29.1) | 119 (82.1) 16 (32.0) | 316 (74.4) 109 (25.6) | |
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test ANOVA, DED: dry eye disease, VDT: visual display terminal, and SD: standard deviation.
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