Clinical Study
The Effects of Topical Antiglaucoma Drugs as Monotherapy on the Ocular Surface: A Prospective Study
Table 4
The mean count of goblet cells in superior-central and inferior-nasal conjunctiva.
| Goblet cell count | Beginning | 3rd month | 6th month | 12th month | | |
| Group 1 | | | | | | | Superior | 93.4 ± 48.95 | 86.47 ± 44.14 | 86.93 ± 53.62 | 79.93 ± 42.75 | 5.68 | 0.002 | Inferior | 94.13 ± 48.67 | 87.27 ± 43.48 | 88.33 ± 54.6 | 81.47 ± 47.42 | 6.62 | 0.001 | Group 2 | | | | | | | Superior | 110.07 ± 41.49 | 99.21 ± 35.55 | 83.79 ± 43.54 | 85 ± 41.95 | 11.12 | 0.001 | Inferior | 120.43 ± 39.75 | 116.36 ± 35.09 | 113.29 ± 39.44 | 115.93 ± 34.18 | 0.61 | 0.616 | Group 3 | | | | | | | Superior | 128.57 ± 34.23 | 129.93 ± 27.59 | 136.71 ± 37.15 | 114.79 ± 24.27 | 2.21 | 0.103 | Inferior | 132.86 ± 25.77 | 131.64 ± 29.52 | 127.57 ± 35.44 | 113.5 ± 39.96 | 2.96 | 0.044 | Group 4 | | | | | | | Superior | 124.5 ± 30.58 | 105.5 ± 45.07 | 115.71 ± 38.79 | 119 ± 29.95 | 2.13 | 0.112 | Inferior | 132.21 ± 46.09 | 129.5 ± 42.33 | 126.21 ± 45.24 | 133.14 ± 35.97 | 0.33 | 0.802 | Group 5 | | | | | | | Superior | 132.86 ± 20.78 | 127.43 ± 19.57 | 125.5 ± 15.77 | 119.14 ± 15.04 | 4.36 | 0.01 | Inferior | 148.86 ± 19.71 | 140.14 ± 17.94 | 134.79 ± 19.97 | 128.14 ± 17.95 | 10.06 | 0.047 | Group 6 | | | | | | | Superior | 119.93 ± 41.51 | 130.79 ± 40.93 | 127.21 ± 55.32 | 114.21 ± 40.28 | 1.56 | 0.216 | Inferior | 174.07 ± 105.51 | 144.29 ± 51.59 | 135.64 ± 58.39 | 129.57 ± 43.14 | 2.89 | 0.001 | | 2.17 3.43 | 3.75 4.32 | 3.81 2.40 | 3.98 3.75 | | | | 0.066 0.07 | 0.004 0.002 | 0.004 0.044 | 0.003 0.004 | | |
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