Topical Steroids and Antibiotics for Adult Blepharokeratoconjunctivitis (BKC): A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials

Table 1

Characteristics of the included studies.

First author	Publication year	Study design	Intervention		Regime duration	Other medication	Patient/eyes, n	Male/female, n		Mean age, years
			LE/T	DM/T				LE/T	DM/T	LE/T	DM/T
Chen	2012	RCT	LE/T	DM/T	4 times/day 2 weeks	Limited	354/354	55/122	63/114	40.8 ± 13.6	41.7 ± 13.5
White	2008	RCT	LE/T	DM/T	4 times/day 2 weeks	Limited	273/273	53/83	52/85	55.3 ± 16.6	55.8 ± 16.5

DM/T: dexamethasone; 0.1%/tobramycin 0.3% LE/T: loteprednol etabonate 0.5%/tobramycin 0.3%.