Hypochlorous Acid Can Be the Novel Option for the Meibomian Gland Dysfunction Dry Eye through Ultrasonic Atomization

Table 1

Characteristic of the patients at baseline.

Variables	Hypochlorous acid (HOCL, )	Placebo ()	Statistical	value
Demographics
Age (year)
				0.8343
Sex
Male, (%)	9 (32.29%)	9 (34.61%)
Female, (%)	18 (67.71%)	17 (65.38%)		0.6743
Best corrected visual acuity
				0.5692
Eye symptom score
				0.6172
Meibum quality score
0, (%)	11 (40.83)	10 (38.46)		0.5658
1, (%)	9 (35.33)	8 (30.77)
2, (%)	5 (21.32)	6 (23.08)
3, (%)	2 (6.67)	2 (7.69)
Eyelid edge change score
				0.4835
Meibum expression score
				0.5162
Conjunctive congestion score
0, (%)	7 (24.50)	6 (23.08)		0.8917
1, (%)	12 (48.00)	11 (42.31)
2, (%)	4 (14.81)	7 (17.28)
3, (%)	4 (14.81)	2 (7.69)
Corneal labeling score
				0.7325
Schirmer’s I test
				0.4372
None interfere tear breakup time(s)
				0.2327