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Table 1 Characteristics of participants with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in relation to temporomandibular disorder (TMD)

From: In children and adolescents with temporomandibular disorder assembled with juvenile idiopathic arthritis - no association were found between pain and TMJ deformities using CBCT

 

Bergen cohort n = 72

TMD* n = 46

No TMD n = 26

p-value**

Girls, n (%)

32.0 (44.4)

21.0 (29.2)

11.0 (15.3)

0.784

Age at JIA onset, median (IQR)

7.0 (7.6, 3.0–10.7)

7.5 (7.3, 3.3–10.6)

6.6 (8.5, 2.6–11.1)

0.759

Age at clinical investigation, median (IQR)

13.1 (4.9, 10.2–15.1)

12.9 (4.3, 10.6–14.9)

13.6 (7.6, 7.8–15.4)

0.721

Disease duration, median (IQR)

4.5 (5.5, 2.2–7.7)

4.6 (5.5, 2.2–7.7)

4.1 (5.8, 2.1–8.0)

0.979

JIA categories, n (%)

Oligoarthritis persistent

31.0 (43.7)

19.0 (39.1)

12.0 (52.0)

0.837

Oligoarthritis extended

6.0 (8.5)

3.0 (6.5)

3.0 (12.0)

 

Systemic arthritis

1.0 (1.4)

1.0 (2.2)

0.0 (0)

 

RF-negative polyarthritis

14.0 (18.3)

9.0 (19.6)

5.0 (16.0)

 

Psoriatic arthritis

2 (2.8)

1.0 (2.2)

1.0 (4.0)

 

Enthesitis-related arthritis

7.0 (9.9)

6.0 (13.0)

1.0 (4)

 

Undifferentiated JIA

11.0 (15.5)

7.0 (17.4)

4.0 (12.0)

 
  1. *TMD is defined by painful palpation at or around the lateral pole of the TMJ and/or symptoms of painful jaw movements
  2. **Chi2 -test/Student’s t-test