Table 1

Characteristics of normal subjects and patients with meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD)

 NMen/womenMean age (years)Number of eyelids in each meiboscore
1234
Healthy volunteers8846/4232.0±8.1 (range 20–45)808900
MGD patients3626/1050.2±14.7 (range 31–83)0161320