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Table 1 Demographic and Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) symptoms and signs and bite force measurement of patients and controls

From: A case-control study about bite force, symptoms and signs of temporomandibular disorders in patients with idiopathic musculoskeletal pain syndromes

 

Controls

Patients

p

TOTAL (n)

20

40

 

Girls (%)

16 (80.0)

32 (80.0)

0.998

Age (mean)

12.8 years

13.1 years

0.464

TMD symptoms (%)

3 (15.0)

25 (62.5)

0.0014*

Pain on palpation (%)

6 (30.0)

36 (90.0)

< 0.0001*

Pain on function (%)

4 (20.0)

16 (40.0)

0.2081

Bite force (mean), in N

 Anterior

143.3

139.7

0.811

 Right side

313.2

337.9

0.386

 Left side

314.7

353.0

0.107

  1. N Newton, TMD Temporomandibular Disorders
  2. *-statistically significant difference at p ≤ .05