Table 3.

Pearson correlation of TMJ protocol variables and JADAS-27 for the rheumatologist and the reference examiner

Correlations	Rh r (p)	RE r (p)
Pain on MMO – JADAS-27	0.21 (0.08)	0.51 (<0.01)
Pain on chewing – JADAS-27	0.47 (<0.01)	0.19 (<0.01)
Total score – JADAS-27	0.34 (0.003)	0.49 (<0.01)
Fh° – JADAS-27	0.36 (<0.01)	0.47 (<0.01)
Fe* – JADAS-27	0.26 (0.03)	0.44 (<0.01)
MMO – JADAS-27	- 0.27 (0.03)	- 0.23 (0.08)

°Fh: number of positive history scores on mandibular function; *Fe: number of positive examination scores on mandibular function. Rh: rheumatologist; RE: reference examiner; correlation r values; p: probability (Students t-test).