Association among Blink Rate, Changes in Ocular Surface Temperature, Tear Film Stability, and Functional Visual Acuity in Patients after Cataract Surgery

Table 1

Demographic data.

	Stable tear film (56 eyes)		Unstable tear film (42 eyes)
Mean patient age (years)	74.7 ± 5.3 (range, 74.2–76.0)		72.5 ± 4.7 (range, 70.9–74.0)
	Women (29 eyes)	Men (27 eyes)	Women (36 eyes)	Men (6 eyes)
Age by gender (years)	75.0 ± 5.0 (range, 73.0–76.9)	74.3 ± 5.7 (range, 72.1–76.6)	72.3 ± 4.9 (range, 70.6–73.9)	73.8 ± 3.7 (range, 70.0–77.7)

The data are expressed as the average ± deviation (95% confidence interval).