Table 1 Patient characteristics

N

14

13

7

–

Age (years)

41.1 ± 11.6

40.1 ± 16.2

40.2 ± 15.3

0.98^a

Female/male

9/5

8/5

5/2

0.91^b

Ethnicity (Caucasian/Asian/Hispanic/African)

13/1/0/0

11/1/1/0

5/0/1/1

0.38^b

Duration of symptoms prior to tear fluid sampling (days)

N/A

4.8 ± 3.6

2.4 ± 1.5

0.13^c

IOP in affected eye (mmHg)

14.3 ± 3.0*

10.7 ± 2.4

12.8 ± 3.2

0.008^d

IOP in unaffected eye (mmHg)

14.3 ± 3.0*

13.8 ± 3.1

12.0 ± 2.5

0.28^a

Schirmer’s test in affected eye (mm)

13.4 ± 8.8*

27.0 ± 12.0

16.3 ± 11.0

0.019^e

Schirmer’s test in unaffected eye (mm)

13.4 ± 8.8*

10.8 ± 9.8

7.7 ± 1.2

0.25^f

Laser flare meter in affected eye (ph/ms)

4.5 ± 1.1*

170.5 ± 175.7

45.5 ± 64.7

< 0.001^e

Laser flare meter in unaffected eye (ph/ms)

4.5 ± 1.1*

4.4 ± 2.8

4.6 ± 1.3

0.98^a

HLA-B27 positive (number of patients)

–

4^g

–

Bacteria identified in microbial culture (number of patients)

–

–

6^h