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Table 3 Associations between TMD-diagnoses and sex, age daytime clenching and grinding as well as parental income in 124 children with a TMD diagnosis in a general population in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Figures represent odds ratios (OR) and 95 % confidence interval (95 % CI)

From: Prevalence of diagnosed temporomandibular disorders among Saudi Arabian children and adolescents

 

TMD total

Myofascial pain

Arthralgia

Osteoarthrosis

DDWR

 

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

Sex

 Male

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

 Female

1.3

0.9–2.1

1.5

0.9–2.5

0.9

0.4–2.3

1.0

0.2–3.4

1.2

0.6–2-8

Age

 10–13 years

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

 14–18 years

1.2

0.8–1.9

1.1

0.6–1.8

1.3

0.6–3.8

0.3

0.1–1.4

2.7

1.2–6.3

Clenching

2.1

1.1–3.8

3.3

1.7–6.3

0.8

0.2–3.7

  

0.2

0.0–1.8

Grinding

1.3

0.4–4.6

0.9

0.2–4.1

9.0

2.1–38.0

  

8.8

2.3–33.6

Income

          

 Below average

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

 Average

1.2

0.7–2.0

1.0

0.5–1.8

0.4

0.1–1.3

2.3

0.5–10.3

2.4

0.9–6.2

 Above average

1.6

0.8–3.3

2.0

0.9–4.2

0.6

0.1–2.4

2.0

0.2–22.0

1.8

0.5–6.3

  1. DDWR Disc displacement with reduction
  2. The bold figures denote significant associations (p < 0.05)