“Of all subjects, 26.4 per cent didn’t fall into any of the categories even though they weren’t normal, 11.1 per cent were classified as normal, and the remaining 63 per cent were identified as
having dry eye. Six per cent of those were aqueous-deficient dry eye.”
She said the incidence of evaporative dry eye and mixed etiology was similar.“Over 90 per cent of women showed some form of meibomian gland dysfunction,” she said.
If the symptoms were used as the driver of dry eye diagnosis, only 12 per cent of the sample was classified as having dry eye.
“Meibomian gland dysfunction is a significant contributor to dry eye disease and seems to make up an overwhelming proportion of it. It’s not just aqueous-deficient dry eye or meibomian gland dysfunction; it seems to be a continuum,” said Dr. Jones-Jordan.
