Morphologic variants of Meibomian glands: age-wise distribution and differences between upper and lower eyelids.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the distribution of various Meibomian gland morphologies across different age groups in healthy individuals.

Methods

The infrared meibographic morphologies of the Meibomian glands from the upper and lower eyelids of 236 healthy individuals (472 eyes; mean age 38.4 ± 17.5 years; 80 female participants: 156 male participants) were evaluated for their prevalence and differences across six decades of life, from 10 to 80 years. A linear mixed-effects modeling test was performed for statistical analysis.

Results

Of 14,452 glands, 8,830 (61%) glands were located in the upper eyelid. No significant differences in frequency were noted between different age groups for distorted, tortuous, hooked, overlapping, abnormal gap, fluffy areas, dropout (except for 5

SUBMITTER: Srivastav S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10507340 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature