Research Article
Ocular Surface Disorders in a Group of Egyptian Children with End Stage Renal Failure on Dialysis: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Comparison between study and control groups.
| Item | Study group, 30 children | Control group, 20 children | value |
| Age in years | | | | Mean (SD) | 10.8 (2.82) | 9.50 (2.48) | 0.10 | Median (range) | 11 (6–16) | 10.55 (6–16) | Gender | | | | Females | 16 (53.33%) | 8 (40%) | 0.31 | Males | 14 (46.67%) | 12 (60%) | Presence of dry eye manifestations | | | | No | 22 (73.00%) | 20 (100%) | 0.05 | Yes | 8 (26.00%) | 0 | Schirmer’s test (right eye) seconds | | | | Mean (SD) | 24.63 (7.03) | 29.55 (5.12) | 0.01 | Median (range) | 25 (7–35) | 30 (20–35) | Schirmer’s test (left eye) seconds | | | | Mean (SD) | 24.7 (8.11) | 29.7 (4.84) | 0.02 | Median (range) | 27 (5–35) | 30 (20–35) | Tear film break-up time (TBUT) test (right eye) seconds | | | | Mean (SD) | 11.9 (2.55) | 13.85 (1.04) | 0.002 | Median (range) | 12 (5–15) | 14 (12–15) | Tear film break-up time (TBUT) test (left eye) seconds | | | | Mean (SD) | 11.4 (2.88) | 14.0 (1.17) | 0.0004 | Median (range) | 12 (4–15) | 14.5 (12–15) | Squamous metaplasia of the conjunctival epithelium (right and left eye) | | | | Not detected | 29 (96.7%) | 20 (100%) | 0.409 | Detected | 1 (3.3%) | 0 |
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