Bikbov MM, Kazakbaeva GM, Rakhimova EM, et al. - Researchers conducted the study for evaluating the prevalence of dry eye disease (DED) and Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) in a very old population. The Ural Very Old Study, a population-based cohort study carried out in rural and urban Bashkortostan/Russia, involved 1,526 (81.1%) out of 1,882 eligible people aged 85+ years. The sample consisted of 1,493 (97.8%) people with available information about DED (mean age: 88.3 ± 2.9 years). Higher DED prevalence (dry eye score ≥ 8, Schirmer´s test < 5 mm; mean: 14.5%) and MGD prevalence (any grade:68.8%) were related to the female sex, rural region of habitation, longer axial length, higher hearing loss score, and lower salt consumption in this population-based recruited very old study sample aged 85+ years.