Presence of Dry Eye in Patients with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis

Table 4

Comparison of dry eye between patients with and without NOSPECS classification.

	Patients with NOSPECS; (); (mean ± SD)	Patients without NOSPECS; (); (mean ± SD)
OSDI	33.3 ± 19.2	32.6 ± 19.4	0.8
Schirmer	7.4 ± 4.3	11.7 ± 5.6	0.01
TBUT	8.3 ± 3.3	10.5 ± 3.2	0.009

Statistically significant. OSDI: ocular surface disease index; TBUT: tear break-up time.