Abstract

This is a prospective, cross-sectional study to assess association of meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) with dyslipidaemia in patients attending the ophthalmology outpatient department at Government Medical College, Patiala. The study will include patients of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD) attending the ophthalmology outpatient department at Government Medical College, Patiala during the period from 1-2-2021 to 31-7-2022. The patients diagnosed with Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) and willing to participate in the study will be subjected to Schirmer's test, corneal and conjunctiva! fluorescein staining, tear film breakup time measurement; and blink rate, blink interval, meibum quality and meibum expressibility will be assessed. Then, Lipid profile testing [Triglycerides (TG), Total cholesterol (TC), Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and High-density lipoprotein (HDL)] will be done after overnight fasting. Patient data will be collected according to the proforma. All observations will be entered in MS Excel spreadsheet and analysis done using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).

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