Alterations in Mucin-Associated Gene Expression on the Ocular Surface in Active and Stable Stages of Atopic and Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of included patients.

	Stable group	Active group
No. of patients (cases)	10	9
Age (years) (mean ± SD)	21.8 ± 12.3	29.1 ± 14.9	0.594
Sex (male : female)	8 : 2	9 : 0	0.473
Clinical score (points, median)	12	114	0.0002
Therapeutic use of immunosuppressants (yes/total)	10/10	9/9