Moxibustion with Walnut Shell Spectacles Could Improve the Objective Symptoms and Tear Film Stability of Patients with Dry Eye Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Baseline characteristics.

Characteristics	FAS analysis			PPS analysis
	Moxibustion group (n = 59)	Artificial tear group (n = 53)	value	Moxibustion group (n = 64)	Artificial tear group (n = 60)	value
Gender			0.064			0.101
Male (n)	12	20	—	11	17	—
Female (n)	52	40	—	48	36	—
Age	44.44 ± 16.12	43.15 ± 15.13	0.648	45.31 ± 16.01	42.19 ± 15.28	0.296
Symptom duration	3.69 ± 5.72	3.16 ± 3.22	0.821	3.82 ± 5.92	3.05 ± 3.24	0.879
Operation	8	5	0.449	7	4	0.443
Long-period wearing contact lens	6	4	0.580	4	4	0.875