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Each patient was evaluated with the ocular surface disease index (OSDI), eyelid margin signs and meibomian gland assessments; corneal staining; tear film breakup time (TBUT); tear meniscus height (TMH); in vivo confocal microscopic (IVCM); objective visual quality including the objective scatter index (OSI), mean objective scattering index (mOSI), modulation transfer function (MTF) cutoff value and Strehl ratio.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>A significant correlation was found between the OSDI and mOSI (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.422, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.005), MTF cutoff value (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u2212\u20090.355, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.020), and Strehl ratio (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u2212\u20090.446, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.003). The OSI was significantly correlated with TBUTf (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u2212\u20090.213, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.042). The mOSI, MTF cutoff value, Strehl ratio were correlated with eyelid margin signs and meibomian assessments. Additionally, there was a statistically significant correlation between corneal nerve length and the mOSI (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u2212\u20090.239, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.037), OSI (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u2212\u20090.294, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.028), MTF cutoff value(<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.282, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.012), and Strehl ratio (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.299, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.008).<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Our study explored that objective visual quality was correlated with clinical symptoms and signs in DED patients. 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