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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Subjective symptoms (mean Ocular Surface Disease Index, 42 19 to 33 21 ; P = 0. 004, mean Standard Patient Evaluation of Eye Dryness 16 7 to 12 7 ; P = 0. 0001), lipid layer thickness (44. 0 15. 6 to 51. 3 20. 4 ; P = 0. 014), number of expressible glands (2. 9 1. 6 to 6. 4 4. 6 ; P < 0. 0001), lid margin parallel conjunctival folds (2. 3 1. 0 to 2. 0 0. 9 ; P = 0. 04), and bulbar redness (1. 4 0. 5 to 1. 2 0. 5 ; P = 0. 0001) were all improved 6 months after treatment.