[Retracted] Effects of Medium-Term Soft Contact Lens Fitting on Dry Eye: Analyses Using Ultra-High Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography and Digital Slit-Lamp Biomicroscopy

Table 4

Comparison of three dry eye indices at different time points.

Variables	Before and after wearing contact lens						F value	P value
	Baseline	1 day	1 week	1 month	3month	6month
OSDI	8.4 ± 1.9	22.6 ± 4.4	24.3 ± 3.1	26.3 ± 3.9	24.6 ± 4.8	24.8 ± 3.5	6.118	<0.001
Schirmer I test (mm)	15.4 ± 12.2	14.0 ± 10.5	12.4 ± 10.6	13.4 ± 10.1	16.0 ± 12.7	17.0 ± 11.9	1.364	>0.05
TBUT (s)	5.3 ± 1.1	3.7 ± 0.5	3.8 ± 0.7	4.4 ± 1.3	4.0 ± 0.7	3.5 ± 0.5	0.848	>0.05

OSDI = ocular surface disease index; TBUT = tear break-up time. Values are mean ± SD.