Quality of life measures and health utility values among dry eye subgroups

Table 3 Correlation of ophthalmic examination findings with quality of life scores and health utility values

	DEQS	HUI-3
	R ²	R ²
TBUT	0.012*	0.182*
Corneal staining score	0.012*	0.008
Keratoconjunctival staining score	0.020*	0.002
Schirmer test	< 0.001	0.012*

Abbreviations: DEQS Dry Eye-Related Quality-of-Life Score, HUI-3 Health Utilities Index Mark 3, TBUT, tear film break-up time
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 (Pearson’s correlation coefficient)

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