Comparison of Ocular Surface Features in Patients With Diabetes and Dry Eye Syndrome

In this study, we perform a completely comparison of ocular surface characteristic including the Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) questionnaire,tearfilm break up time(BUT),corneal fluorescein scores(CFS),Shirmer test,corneal sensitivity)among diabetic patients with DE, diabetic patients without DE, non-diabetic patients with DE and normal subjects and analysis of EGF, IL-17A, IL-1β, IL-8 and TNF-α in tears and their clinical correlations are also performed to investigate potential biomarkers for diagnosis of diabetic with DE.