Research Article
Fourier-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography for Monitoring the Lower Tear Meniscus in Dry Eye after Acupuncture Treatment
Table 3
Baseline of tear meniscus variables and clinical parameters of all subjects and each subgroup in artificial tear and acupuncture groups.
| | Subgroups | OSDI | CFS | S1T (mm) | TBUT (s) | TMH (m) | TMD (m) | TMA (mm2) |
| | All subjects | | | | | | | | | Artificial tear group | 46.59 (±15.54) | 1.92 (±2.32) | 5.42 (±3.73) | 4.57 (±1.76) | 212.12 (±65.68) | 130.90 (±35.65) | 0.0175 (±0.0091) | | Acupuncture group | 51.27 (±20.66) | 2.38 (±2.44) | 4.70 (±3.26) | 4.04 (±2.29) | 213.65 (±71.33) | 133.71 (±43.29) | 0.0181 (±0.0114) | | value | 0.2083 | 0.3442 | 0.3230 | 0.2027 | 0.6786 | 0.3703 | 0.5489 | | LTD | | | | | | | | | Artificial tear group | 48.36 (±15.23) | 0.40 (±0.84) | 12.00 (±2.10) | 4.2 (±1.13) | 310.20 (±52.60) | 180.8 (±23.12) | 0.0307 (±0.0070) | | Acupuncture group | 42.18 (±20.27) | 0.44 (±0.88) | 10.22 (±0.44) | 3.55 (±1.81) | 312.3 (±61.01) | 183.5 (±30.83) | 0.0314 (±0.0109) | | value | 0.4597 | 0.9119 | 0.0242 | 0.3602 | 0.8689 | 0.6540 | 0.8169 | | SSDE | | | | | | | | | Artificial tear group | 47.85 (±18.33) | 6.33 (±1.32) | 2.00 (±1.58) | 2.22 (±1.98) | 155.33 (±29.30) | 96.88 (±21.49) | 0.0096 (±0.0021) | | Acupuncture group | 62.08 (±16.52) | 6.44 (±1.33) | 1.22 (±1.09) | 1.88 (±1.16) | 154.88 (±49.54) | 101.11 (±37.41) | 0.0102 (±0.0069) | | value | 0.1029 | 0.8614 | 0.2424 | 0.6700 | 0.9636 | 0.6489 | 0.8058 | | Non-SSDE | | | | | | | | | Artificial tear group | 45.70 (±15.27) | 1.18 (±1.10) | 4.36 (±1.55) | 5.33 (±1.19) | 197.87 (±41.97) | 125.06 (±24.92) | 0.0156 (±0.0065) | | Acupuncture group | 50.68 (±21.05) | 1.65 (±1.26) | 4.00 (±1.44) | 4.96 (±2.21) | 199.78 (±47.31) | 127.51 (±35.46) | 0.0162 (±0.0093) | | value | 0.2971 | 0.1313 | 0.3617 | 0.4127 | 0.6262 | 0.5424 | 0.6218 |
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LTD = lipid tear deficiency; SSDE = Sjögren syndrome dry eye; Non-SSDE = non-Sjögren syndrome dry eye; OSDI = Ocular Surface Disease Index; score was determined out of a total of 100; TBUT = tear break-up time; TMH = tear meniscus height; TMH = tear meniscus depth; TMA = tear meniscus area. values (<0.05) indicate the statistically significant differences between the acupuncture and artificial tear group.
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