Age Is a Determining Factor of Dry Eye-Related Signs and Symptoms.
Masahiko AyakiKazuno NegishiMotoko KawashimaMiki UchinoMinako KaidoMasayuki OhtaPublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2020)
Discrepancies in the signs and symptoms of DE may depend, in part, on age, with younger subjects showing severe non-visual symptoms with apparently normal tear function and severe keratopathy, and older subjects showing fewer symptoms and less severe keratopathy despite worse tear function.