Changes in Ocular Surface Characteristics after Switching from Benzalkonium Chloride-Preserved Latanoprost to Preservative-Free Tafluprost or Benzalkonium Chloride-Preserved Tafluprost
Table 1
Baseline characteristics.
Tafluprost group ()
PF-Tafluprost group ()
values
Gender (male/female)
5/15
2/18
Age (years)
60.5 ± 0.9
63.5 ± 10.9
0.397
Intraocular pressure (mmHg)
16.6 ± 2.3
16.2 ± 2.3
0.592
Fluorescein uptake (ng/mL)
111.1 ± 54.3
107.5 ± 47.3
0.824
TBUT (s)
6.7 ± 1.8
7.3 ± 2.1
0.340
AD scores
2.3 ± 1.0
2.3 ± 0.9
1.00
Results are presented as mean ± standard deviation.
