Table 2

Characteristics of patients who developed dry eye after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Characteristics	BMT group (N=31)	PBSCT group (N=8)	CBT group (N=3)	p Value
Age (years)
Median	42	40	32	0.36
Range	15–56	21–58	3–60	0.36

Sex
Male	14 (45.1%)	4 (50%)	1 (33.3%)	0.69
Female	17 (54.9%)	4 (50%)	2 (66.6%)	0.69

Median onset of DE (days)	287	474	168	0.23
Range (days)	67–1216	95–1559	33–481	0.23

Type of DE
DE <100 days	4 (12.9%)	1 (12.5%)	2 (66.7%)	0.05^*
DE >100 days	27 (87.1%)	7 (87.5%)	1 (33.3%)
Severe DE/Total	17.9% (12/67)	38.9% (7/18)	7.1% (1/14)	0.06
Severe DE	12 (38.7%)	7 (87.5%)	1 (33.3%)	0.04^*
Mild DE	19 (61.3%)	1 (12.5%)	2 (66.7%)

↵* statistically significant.
DE, Dry eye; BMT, bone marrow transplantation; CBT, cord blood transplantation; PBSCT, Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.