Dry eye diagnosis

doi:10.1167/iovs.07-0635

Dry eye diagnosis

2008-04-01

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DOI：10.1167/iovs.07-0635

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PURPOSE. To determine the most effective objective tests, applied singly or in combination in the diagnosis of dry eye disease. METHODS. Two groups of subjects-41 with dry eye and 32 with no ocular surface disease-had symptoms, tear film quality, evaporation, tear turnover rate (TTR), volume and osmolarity, and meibomian gland dropout score assessed. RESULTS. The subjects with dry eye had TTR, tear evaporation, and osmolarity significantly different from that of healthy normal subjects. Cutoff values between the groups were determined from distribution curves for each aspect of tear physiology, and the effectiveness of the cutoff was determined from receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves. Values of 12%/min for TTR, 33 g/m(-2)/h for evaporation, and 317 mOsmol/L for osmolarity were found to give sensitivities, specificities, and overall accuracies of 80%, 72%, and 77%; 51%, 96%, and 67%; and 78, 78%, and 79%, respectively when applied singly as diagnostic criteria in dry eye. In combination, they yielded sensitivities, specificities, and overall accuracy of 100%, 66%, and 86% (in parallel) and 38%, 100%, and 63% (in series), respectively. Discriminant function analysis incorporating these three factors in an equation allowed diagnosis with a sensitivity of 93%, specificity of 88%, and overall accuracy of 89%. CONCLUSIONS. Tear osmolarity is the best single test for the diagnosis of dry eye, whereas a battery of tests employing a weighted comparison of TTR, evaporation, and osmolarity measurements derived from discriminant function analysis is the most effective.

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DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION-ANALYSIS

TEAR-FILM

FLUOROPHOTOMETRIC ASSESSMENT

OPTOMETRIC PRACTICES

ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE

SCHIRMER TEST

RISK-FACTORS

PREVALENCE

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