Efficacy of Topical Hydrocortisone in Combination with Topical Ciclosporin A for the Treatment of Dry Eye Disease in Patients with Sjögren Syndrome

Table 4

values of differences in study parameters between the two treatment regimens after 2 weeks and 6 months of treatment.

	P (2 weeks)	P (6 months)
Visual Analogue Scale	0.831	0.810
Tear BUT (sec)	0.443	0.378
Fluorescein Oxford staining grade	0.799	0.755
Lissamine Oxford staining grade	0.755	0.887
Schirmer test (mm/5 min)	0.410	0.843
MG dropout rate (%)	—	0.830
Corneal MTF	—	0.205
Corneal Strehl ratio	—	0.486
Intraocular pressure	0.977	0.887

P: difference between the treatment regimens (ciclosporin A + hydrocortisone and ciclosporin A alone) using t test for independent samples and Mann–Whitney U test.