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. 2017 Mar 21;2017:3203027. doi: 10.1155/2017/3203027

Table 5.

Absolute frequency and percentage [n (%) values] of DC/TMD diseases in Group with Headache (GwH) and Group without Headache (GwoH); difference in prevalence [n (%) values]; and X squared value of correlation between presence of headache and dysfunctional diseases. DD with R: Disk Displacement with Reduction, MOL: Mouth Open limitation, and DD without R: Disk Displacement without Reduction.

DC/TMD disease GwH GwoH Difference in prevalence in
favour of GwH or GwoH
X 2 value of correlation between headache and dysfunction
N (%) Cl95% N (%) Cl95% N (%) Cl95%
Muscle pain 395 (63%) 59.2%–66.8% 138 (45%) 39.4%–50.5% 257 (18%) 15.7%–20.5% 22.1273 
χ1,0.952 = 3.84
Myofascial pain 119 (20%) 6.9%–23.1% 42 (14%) 10.2–17.9% 77 (6%) 4.5%–7.5% 3.896 
χ1,0.952 = 3.84
Myofascial pain with referral 59 (9%) 6.1%–11.9% 20 (7%) 4.1%–9.9% 39 (2%) 1.1%–2.9%
TMJ pain 747 (85%) 82.2%–87.8% 251 (71%) 65.9%–76.1% 496 (14%) 11.8%–16.2% 24.3216 
χ1,0.952 = 3.84
DD with R 364 (58%) 54.1%–61.9% 144 (47%) 41.4%–52.6% 220 (11%) 9%–13% 14.7635 
χ1,0.952 = 3.84
Subluxation 91 (15%) 12.2%–17.8% 35 (12%) 8.4%–15.6% 56 (3%) 2%–4%
DD with R and intermittent MOL+ 11 (2%) 1.1%–2.9% 13 (4%) 2.1%–5.9% 2 (2%) 1.1%–2.9% 5.1456 
χ1,0.952 = 3.84
DD without R with MOL 45 (8%) 5.9%–10.1% 29 (10%) 6.6%–13.4% 16 (2%) 1.1%–2.9%
DD without R without MOL 19 (3%) 1.7%–3.3% 9 (3%) 1.1%–4.5% 0 (0%)
Degenerative joint disease 48 (8%) 5.9%–10.1% 27 (9%) 5.8%–12.2% 21 (1%) 0.4%–1.6%