Study of Factors Influencing Dry Eye in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Table 1
Dry eye assessment and statistical results between each groups.
RA
Con
Ac
Sta
Sy
Asy
R
(Dur and RA)
Mean age
51.933 ± 9.89
50.150 ± 9.433
0.463
49.400 ± 10.762
57.000 ± 5.249
0.055
50.454 ± 10.220
53.500 ± 7.270
0.730
Male/female
6/24
4/16
0.533
4/14
2/10
0.397
4/18
2/6
0.534
TBUT (s)
5.267 ± 3.478
10.868 ± 1.816
0.001
4.545 ± 2.066
6.710 ± 5.147
0.619
3.918 ± 2.128
8.975 ± 3.886
0.002
−0.119
0.532
TMH (mm)
0.186 ± 0.158
0.150 ± 0.052
0.331
0.211 ± 0.184
0.137 ± 0.069
0.619
0.177 ± 0.175
0.213 ± 0.099
0.097
0.341
0.066
MS
3.733 ± 1.710
1.250 ± 1.118
0.001
3.800 ± 1.814
3.600 ± 1.673
0.746
4.182 ± 1.471
2.500 ± 1.915
0.156
0.251
0.367
MSS
1.867 ± 0.834
0.400 ± 0.598
0.001
2.000 ± 0.943
1.600 ± 0.548
0.307
2.091 ± 0.831
1.250 ± 0.500
0.097
0.104
0.712
EMS
1.333 ± 0.900
0.300 ± 0.470
0.001
1.200 ± 1.033
1.600 ± 0.548
0.267
1.455 ± 0.934
1.250 ± 0.957
1.000
0.127
0.652
CFS
1.733 ± 0.961
0.150 ± 0.366
0.001
2.100 ± 0.876
1.000 ± 0.707
0.04
2.091 ± 0.831
0.750 ± 0.500
0.001
0.074
0.794
Data are shown as mean ± SD; Con: control group, RA: RA group, act: active group, Sta: stable group, Sy: symptomatic group, Asy: asymptomatic group, Dur: duration. The value was calculated by using the Mann–Whitney U test or the spearman correlation test. R: coefficient of spearman correlation test.
