Data on the prevalence and incidence of dry eye and meibomian gland dysfunction in the United States are uncertain and inconsistent due to the heterogeneous definitions and diagnostic criteria across studies.
“Although consensus on a battery of diagnostic tests has been published, these have not been implemented in any epidemiological studies in the United States,” according to the authors of a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Following a search on Ovid Medline and Embase, 13 population-based, clinic-based and secondary health care database studies published between 2010 and