Table 2
Subjective and objective evaluation before and after calcium ointment application
| Calcium ointment | Vehicle only | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | p value | Before | After | p value | ||
| Subjective | 100 | 31 (19) | 0.001 | 100 | 64 (27) | 0.012 | |
| Blink (/min) | 67.0 (24.3) | 42.0 (19.9) | 0.004 | 54.7 (23.4) | 49.5 (18) | 0.057 | |
| TEROS | 9.5 (6.6) | 5.8 (4.3) | 0.0004 | 7.8 (2.9) | 4.5 (4.3) | 0.043 | |
| BUT (s) | 3.4 (2.2) | 3.8 (2.7) | 0.828 | 3.0 (1.7) | 3.3 (1.5) | 0.339 | |
| Rose bengal | 4.0 (2.6) | 2.6 (1.7) | 0.021 | 3.4 (2.7) | 3.3 (3.8) | 0.917 | |
| Fluorescein | 3.6 (2.2) | 2.4 (2.2) | 0.043 | 3.2 (2.6) | 2.9 (2.9) | 0.889 | |
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↵10−7 g/s.
