Authors: Reiko Arita Kouzo Itoh Shuji Maeda Koshi Maeda Atsuo Tomidokoro Shiro Amano
Publish Date: 2011/11/23
Volume: 56, Issue: 1, Pages: 14-19
Abstract
We observed subjects in four groups 64 eyes of 64 contact lens CL wearers with CLAC 77 eyes of 77 CL wearers without CLAC 55 eyes of 55 patients with perennial allergic conjunctivitis perennial AC and 47 eyes of 47 healthy volunteers The following tests were performed slitlamp examination measurement of tear film breakup time grading of morphological changes in meibomian glands meiboscore as assessed by noncontact meibography grading of meibomian gland distortion in meibography tear production as assessed by Schirmer’s I test and grading of meibum expressionThe mean score for meibomian gland distortion was significantly higher in the CL wearers with CLAC than in the CL wearers without CLAC p 00001 it was also significantly higher in the nonCL wearers with perennial AC than in the nonCL wearers without perennial AC p 00001 There was no significant difference between the mean scores for meibomian gland distortion of the nonCL wearers with perennial AC and the CL wearers with CLAC p = 027 The score for meibomian gland distortion was significantly positively correlated with the meibum score in the CL wearers with CLAC and with the meiboscore in the CL wearers without CLAC
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