The prevalence of dry eye in a very old population.
Mukharram M BikbovGyulli M KazakbaevaEllina M RakhimovaIuliia A RusakovaAlbina A FakhretdinovaAzaliia M TuliakovaSonghomitra Panda-JonasTimur R GilmanshinRinat M ZainullinNatalia I BolshakovaKamilia R SafiullinaAinur V GizzatovIldar P PonomarevDilya F YakupovaNail E BaymukhametovNikolay A NikitinJost Bruno JonasPublished in: Acta ophthalmologica (2021)
In this population-based recruited very old study sample aged 85+ years, higher DED prevalence (dry eye score ≥8, Schirmer´s test <5 mm; mean: 14.5%) and MGD prevalence (any grade:68.8%) was associated with female sex, rural region of habitation, longer axial length, higher hearing loss score and lower salt consumption.
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