Results
Only 16 of 200 patients showed no signs and/or symptoms of DES. In 71 patients, up
to 2 signs/symptoms of DES were obvious. These individuals constitute the control
group. On the other hand, 129 patients suffered from 3–6 dry eye signs/symptoms
and were recruited into the DES group. Only 8 patients showed all 6 dry eye signs and
symptoms (table 1). Median ages were 39 years (16–83) and 55 years (19–86) in the
control and DES groups, respectively. In the DES group, 81 of 129 patients (62.8%),
and in the control group 44 of 71 individuals (62.0%), were female.