title: Central corneal thickness in patients with meibomian gland dysfunction.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim was to evaluate central corneal thickness in patients with meibomian gland dysfunction.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study group was made up of 40 eyes of 20 patients with meibomian gland dysfunction (mean age, 40.55 ± 10.7 years). Forty eyes of 20 healthy individuals (mean age, 39.25 ± 11.1 years) without any ophthalmic or systemic pathology were used as a control group. The central corneal thickness was measured with ultrasonic pachymetry.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean central corneal thickness was 541.45 ± 24.68 µm in the study group and 544.30 ± 22.16 µm in the control group. There was no statistically significant difference in the mean central corneal thickness measurements in the meibomian gland dysfunction group in comparison with the control group (p > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Central corneal thickness measurements do not differ in patients with meibomian gland dysfunction compared with healthy control subjects.
authors.affiliation: Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Erzurum, Turkey. ilkakyol@atauni.edu.tr
authors.forename: Ilknur
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Akyol-Salman
authors.forename: Sedat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Azizi
authors.forename: Uğur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mumcu
authors.forename: Osman
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Öndaş
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Baykal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001762:Blepharitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003315:Cornea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D019781:Corneal Topography; D015352:Dry Eye Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008537:Meibomian Glands / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography