Evaluation of Monocular Treatment for Meibomian Gland Dysfunction with an Automated Thermodynamic System in Elderly Chinese Patients: A Contralateral Eye Study
Table 1
Baseline parameters.
Lipiview (ave.)
Lipiview (max.)
Lipiview (min.)
Partial blink
BUT
Schirmer
Meibomian gland orifices
Corneal stain
Test
62.07 ± 23.98
75.76 ± 21.61
54.24 ± 23.79
0.65 ± 0.35
2.48 ± 0.83
8.17 ± 6.96
1.79 ± 1.78
1.21 ± 0.62
Control
68.90 ± 23.32
77.93 ± 20.03
59.59 ± 22.61
0.70 ± 0.33
2.79 ± 1.01
8.76 ± 6.42
2.34 ± 1.90
1.55 ± 0.74
Significance
0.052
0.516
0.194
0.778
0.119
0.560
0.130
0.309
Wilcoxon signed-rank test. There were no significant differences for all of these measured parameters between the test and control eyes before treatment ().
