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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Orofac Pain. 2008 Winter;22(1):41–49.

Table 3.

The unadjusted and adjusted within-pair association of the Impact of Events Scale and temporomandibular pain in female monozygotic and dizygotic twins

Monozygotic4 Within-pair Dizygotic5 Within-pair
Impact of Events Scale1 OR2 95% CI3 OR 95% CI
Unadjusted
 Lowest tercile 1.0 -- 1.0 --
 Middle tercile 1.1 0.6-2.1 1.3 0.4-3.8
 Highest tercile 1.7 0.8-3.2 3.8 1.3-11.2
Ptrend=0.11 Ptrend < 0.01
P within (MZ) vs. within (DZ) = 0.18
Adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics,6 depression, and chronic widespread pain
 Lowest tercile 1.0 -- 1.0 --
 Middle tercile 1.0 0.5-1.9 0.9 0.3-2.7
 Highest tercile 1.4 0.7-2.7 2.7 0.9-7.9
Ptrend = 0.30 Ptrend = 0.03
P within (MZ) vs. within (DZ) = 0.13
1

Impact of Events Scale: lowest tercile = 0-10, middle tercile = 11 - 27, highest tercile = 28 - 55

2

OR = odds ratio

3

CI = confidence interval

4

MZ = monozygotic

5

DZ = dizygotic

6

age, marital status, education, and race.