Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients between DE and HC groups.

From: Altered spontaneous activity in the frontal gyrus in dry eye: a resting-state functional MRI study

Characteristics

DE

HCs

t-value

p-values

Male/female

10\18

10\18

NA

NA

Age (years)

56.13 ± 9.72

55.23 ± 9.18

− 0.238

0.839

Weight(kg)

57.24 ± 7.36

58.24 ± 6.97

− 0.412

0.724

Height (cm)

165.53 ± 9.28

164.32 ± 6.16

− 0.418

0.668

BMI (kg/m2)

22.61 ± 1.54

21.93 ± 1.46

− 0.049

0.912

Duration of DED (mons)

9.67 ± 3.14

NA

NA

NA

Duration from onset of DED to rs-fMRI scan (mons)

9.42 ± 2.98

NA

NA

NA

Best-correted VA, right

0.95 ± 0.35*

1.15 ± 0.15

− 0.512

0.538

Best-correted VA, left

0.85 ± 0.40*

1.05 ± 0.20

− 0.648

0.659

  1. Independent t-tests comparing the two groups (*P < 0.05) represented statistically significant differences).
  2. DE dry eye, HCs healthy controls, NA not applicable, BMI body mass index, rs-fMRI resting-state functional magnetic resonance, VA visual acuity.