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The effects of smoking on dry eye parameters in healthy women
Damla Erginturk Acar1, Ugur Acar2, Zuhal Ozen Tunay1
1a Ophthalmology Department , Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Training and Research Hospital , Ankara , Turkey.
Aim:
To investigate the effects of chronic smoking on dry eye parameters.
Methods:
Ocular surface disease index (OSDI) and tear function tests such as Schirmer's test, tear break-up-time (TBUT) test and impression cytology of 63 female chronic smokers and 40 age-matched female non-smokers were analyzed statistically.
Results:
The mean OSDI scores, Schirmer test results and TBUT levels were 35.85 ± 24.01 point, 14.25 ± 5.94 mm and 5.17 ± 2.85 s in chronic smokers and 15.20 ± 12.93 point, 15.48 ± 7.01 mm and 10.03 ± 3.44 s in non-smokers, respectively. Differences in OSDI scores, TBUT levels and impression cytology grades among the chronic smokers and non-smokers were statistically significant.
Conclusion:
Smoking behavior seems to affect the dry eye parameters negatively.
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