Impact of definition of meibomian gland dysfunction on the frequency of MGD in dry eye disease from the DREAM© study
The frequency of MGD in DED varied with MGD definition. The highest frequency occurred where MGD was defined as lower eyelid gland plugging. Gland atrophy increased with age. The variation in disease frequency has implications for clinical diagnosis and determining efficacy assessment in intervention studies.
Authors
- Divya Jagadeesh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2910-2361)
- Meng C. Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4301-0279)
- Penny A. Asbell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7583-7778)
- Fiona Jane Stapleton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7203-5443)
- Gui‐Shuang Ying (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5752-1355)
- Jocelyn He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4423-1103)
Institutions
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (US)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Contact Lens and Anterior Eye
- Published
- 2025-04-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2025.102416
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Ocular Surface and Contact Lens
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88
Funders
- University of New South Wales
- National Eye Institute