TABLE 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics for subjects with tinnitus with or without TMJ complaints.
| Any tinnitus | TFI ≥ 48 | THI ≥ 58 | ||||
|
TMJ (n = 486) No (%) |
No TMJ (n = 1996) No (%) |
TMJ (n = 97) No (%) |
No TMJ (n = 224) No (%) |
TMJ (n = 69) No (%) |
No TMJ (n = 122) No (%) |
|
| Sex | χ2(1) = 75.22, p < 0.0001 (0.0001) | χ2(1) = 6.22, p = 0.0127 (0.0762) | χ2(1) = 1.92, p = 0.166 (0.249) | |||
| Male | 161 (33.1) | 1099 (55.1) | 39 (40.2) | 124 (55.4) | 29 (42) | 64 (52.5) |
| Female | 325 (66.9) | 897 (44.9) | 58 (59.8) | 100 (44.6) | 40 (58) | 58 (47.5) |
| Age group | χ2(7) = 24.18, p = 0.0011 (0.0017) | χ2(7) = 13.99, p = 0.0513 (0.077) | χ2(7) = 12.58, p = 0.0831 (0.1662) | |||
| <24 | 13 (2.7) | 43 (2.2) | 3 (3.1) | 4 (1.8) | 4 (5.9) | 3 (2.5) |
| 25–34 | 115 (23.8) | 371 (18.6) | 17 (17.7) | 33 (14.8) | 14 (20.6) | 25 (20.7) |
| 35–44 | 110 (22.8) | 445 (22.3) | 25 (26) | 39 (17.5) | 19 (27.9) | 17 (14.1) |
| 45–54 | 138 (28.6) | 525 (26.4) | 28 (29.2) | 64 (28.7) | 17 (25) | 29 (24) |
| 55–64 | 67 (13.9) | 285 (14.3) | 17 (17.7) | 36 (16.1) | 10 (14.7) | 24 (19.8) |
| 65–74 | 35 (7.3) | 272 (13.7) | 5 (5.2) | 31 (13.9) | 4 (5.9) | 16 (13.2) |
| 75–84 | 4 (0.8) | 48 (2.4) | 0 (0) | 14 (6.3) | 0 (0) | 6 (5) |
| >85 | 1 (0.2) | 3 (0.2) | 1 (1) | 2 (0.9) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.8) |
| Marital status | χ2(4) = 10.18, p = 0.0375 (0.045) | χ2(4) = 1.93, p = 0.7485 (0.8148) | χ2(4) = 4.12, p = 0.3905 (0.3905) | |||
| Married | 183 (37.7) | 889 (44.5) | 34 (35.1) | 90 (40.2) | 24 (34.8) | 48 (39.3) |
| Living with partner | 161 (33.1) | 594 (29.8) | 35 (36.1) | 68 (30.4) | 26 (37.7) | 38 (31.2) |
| Single | 102 (21) | 333 (16.7) | 20 (20.6) | 42 (18.8) | 16 (23.2) | 23 (18.9) |
| Widow/widower | 6 (1.2) | 25 (1.3) | 1 (1) | 5 (2.2) | 0 (0) | 4 (3.3) |
| Divorced | 34 (7) | 155 (7.8) | 7 (7.2) | 19 (8.5) | 3 (4.4) | 9 (7.4) |
| Gross income | χ2(3) = 27.49, p < 0.0001 (0.0001) | χ2(3) = 0.94, p = 0.8148 (0.8148) | χ2(3) = 3.95, p = 0.2674 (0.3209) | |||
| 0–200,000 SEK | 70 (14.4) | 232 (11.6) | 17 (17.5) | 44 (19.6) | 13 (18.8) | 27 (22.1) |
| 200,001–450,000 SEK | 262 (53.9) | 944 (47.3) | 54 (55.7) | 113 (50.5) | 44 (63.8) | 61 (50) |
| 450,001 SEK or more | 122 (25.1) | 739 (37) | 19 (19.6) | 52 (23.2) | 9 (13) | 23 (18.9) |
| Don’t know/don’t want to disclose | 32 (6.6) | 81 (4.1) | 7 (7.2) | 15 (6.7) | 3 (4.4) | 11 (9) |
| Education level | χ2(3) = 2.39, p = 0.495 (0.495) | χ2(3) = 7.88, p = 0.0486 (0.077) | χ2(3) = 7.67, p = 0.0535 (0.1605) | |||
| Middle School | 17 (3.5) | 53 (2.7) | 4 (4.1) | 17 (7.6) | 3 (4.4) | 10 (8.2) |
| High School | 108 (22.2) | 403 (20.2) | 35 (36.1) | 60 (26.8) | 26 (37.7) | 32 (26.2) |
| University | 314 (64.6) | 1353 (67.8) | 38 (39.2) | 117 (52.2) | 26 (37.7) | 66 (54.1) |
| Other | 47 (9.7) | 187 (9.4) | 20 (20.6) | 30 (13.4) | 14 (20.3) | 14 (11.5) |
| Employment | χ2(10) = 48.23, p < 0.0001 (0.0001) | χ2(8) = 17.18, p = 0.0283 (0.077) | χ2(7) = 14.21, p = 0.0476 (0.1605) | |||
| Don’t know | 0 (0) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Employed | 313 (64.4) | 1219 (61.1) | 56 (57.7) | 104 (46.4) | 44 (63.8) | 54 (44.3) |
| Unemployed | 8 (1.7) | 22 (1.1) | 3 (3.1) | 6 (2.7) | 1 (1.5) | 5 (4.1) |
| Running my own business/working as a partner in a company | 48 (9.9) | 259 (13) | 6 (6.2) | 29 (13) | 4 (5.8) | 13 (10.7) |
| Retired | 37 (7.6) | 289 (14.5) | 8 (8.3) | 44 (19.6) | 4 (5.8) | 21 (17.2) |
| Sick leave (for more than 2 month) or disability pension due to illness or disability | 35 (7.2) | 63 (3.2) | 13 (13.4) | 27 (12.1) | 8 (11.6) | 20 (16.4) |
| Parental leave (since 2 months or longer) | 4 (0.8) | 36 (1.8) | 1 (1) | 4 (1.8) | 1 (1.5) | 2 (1.6) |
| Student | 24 (4.9) | 78 (3.9) | 9 (9.3) | 6 (2.7) | 7 (10.1) | 5 (4.1) |
| Sabbatical | 2 (0.4) | 3 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Housewife/-husband | 0 (0) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Other | 15 (3.1) | 25 (1.3) | 1 (1) | 3 (1.3) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.6) |
Income refers to yearly income in SEK. Pairwise comparisons using Pearson’s Chi-square test are reported. Percentages (%) displayed refer to column percentages. p-Values adjusted for multiple comparisons are shown between parenthesis.