Table 6. Smaller studies have established associations between trigeminal neuralgia and other conditions.
Condition | Study | Conclusions |
Anxiety and depression | Mendelian randomization database analysis | These conditions significantly increased the risk of trigeminal neuralgia. However, years of education emerged as a protective factor against trigeminal neuralgia in this population |
Autoimmune disorders | ||
Dementia | Case-matched study | Dementia incidence was 4.47-fold greater in trigeminal neuralgia patients than in controls and was a greater risk in younger trigeminal neuralgia patients than older ones |
Diabetes mellitus | Case-matched study | 21.9% of trigeminal neuralgia had diabetes versus 12.9% of controls (p = 0.01) |
Osteoporosis | Case-matched study, 14 years | Osteoporosis patients had 0.60 cases of trigeminal neuralgia per 1000 person-years compared to 0.18 per 1000 for controls |