TABLE 4.
Comorbidities in 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 (%) | |
| Hearing problem | χ2(2) = 7.25, p = 0.027 (0.036) | χ2(2) = 4.17, p = 0.124 (0.311) | χ2(2) = 3.46, p = 0.177 (0.409) | |||
| Don’t know | 100 (20.6) | 310 (15.5) | 14 (14.4) | 23 (10.3) | 6 (8.7) | 11 (9) |
| Yes | 230 (47.3) | 996 (49.9) | 59 (60.8) | 162 (72.3) | 38 (55.1) | 82 (67.2) |
| No | 156 (32.1) | 690 (34.6) | 24 (24.7) | 39 (17.4) | 25 (36.2) | 29 (23.8) |
| Hearing aids | χ2(3) = 3.37, p = 0.338 (0.376) | χ2(3) = 2.03, p = 0.567 (0.771) | χ2(3) = 1.53, p = 0.676 (0.751) | |||
| Yes, on both ears | 38 (7.8) | 117 (5.9) | 23 (23.7) | 41 (18.3) | 14 (20.3) | 20 (16.4) |
| Yes, on the right ear | 6 (1.2) | 17 (0.9) | 4 (4.1) | 6 (2.7) | 3 (4.4) | 4 (3.3) |
| Yes, on the left ear | 5 (1) | 25 (1.3) | 2 (2.1) | 7 (3.1) | 1 (1.5) | 5 (4.1) |
| No | 437 (89.9) | 1837 (92) | 68 (70.1) | 170 (75.9) | 51 (73.9) | 93 (76.2) |
| Problems tolerating sounds | χ2(4) = 50.16, p < 0.0001 (0.0001) | χ2(4) = 2.08, p = 0.721 (0.824) | χ2(3) = 0.34, p = 0.952 (0.973) | |||
| Never | 7 (1.4) | 99 (5) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Rarely | 50 (10.3) | 350 (17.5) | 5 (5.2) | 13 (5.8) | 4 (5.8) | 6 (4.9) |
| Sometimes | 176 (36.2) | 800 (40.1) | 21 (21.7) | 62 (27.7) | 14 (20.3) | 29 (23.8) |
| Usually | 153 (31.5) | 498 (25) | 36 (37.1) | 79 (35.3) | 24 (34.8) | 41 (33.6) |
| Always | 100 (20.6) | 249 (12.5) | 35 (36.1) | 69 (30.8) | 27 (39.1) | 46 (37.7) |
| Sounds cause pain or physical discomfort | χ2(2) = 58.18, p < 0.0001 (0.0001) | χ2(2) = 5.5, p = 0.064 (0.175) | χ2(2) = 5.27, p = 0.072 (0.308) | |||
| Don’t know | 34 (7) | 111 (5.6) | 6 (6.2) | 13 (5.8) | 3 (4.4) | 7 (5.7) |
| Yes | 326 (67.1) | 989 (49.6) | 77 (79.4) | 152 (67.9) | 59 (85.5) | 87 (71.3) |
| No | 126 (25.9) | 896 (44.9) | 14 (14.4) | 59 (26.3) | 7 (10.1) | 28 (23) |
| Headache | χ2(2) = 164.05, p < 0.0001 (0.0001) | χ2(2) = 15.93, p = 0.0003 (0.002) | χ2(2) = 8.99, p = 0.011 (0.084) | |||
| Don’t know | 10 (2.1) | 34 (1.7) | 2 (2.1) | 4 (1.8) | 2 (2.9) | 4 (3.3) |
| Yes | 231 (47.5) | 392 (19.6) | 50 (51.6) | 64 (28.6) | 36 (52.2) | 37 (30.3) |
| No | 245 (50.4) | 1570 (78.7) | 45 (46.4) | 156 (69.6) | 31 (44.9) | 81 (66.4) |
| Vertigo/dizziness | χ2(2) = 121.07, p < 0.0001 (0.0001) | χ2(2) = 7.15, p = 0.028 (0.093) | χ2(2) = 3.78, p = 0.151 (0.382) | |||
| Don’t know | 32 (6.6) | 63 (3.2) | 4 (4.1) | 10 (4.5) | 1 (1.5) | 6 (4.9) |
| Yes | 196 (40.3) | 380 (19) | 42 (43.3) | 63 (28.1) | 26 (37.7) | 32 (26.2) |
| No | 258 (53.1) | 1553 (77.8) | 51 (52.6) | 151 (67.4) | 42 (60.9) | 84 (68.9) |
| Neck pain | χ2(2) = 331.64, p < 0.0001 (0.0001) | χ2(2) = 42.92, p < 0.0001 (0.0005) | χ2(2) = 25.87, p < 0.0001 (0.002) | |||
| Don’t know | 9 (1.9) | 27 (1.4) | 1 (1) | 6 (2.7) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.6) |
| Yes | 318 (65.4) | 460 (23.1) | 70 (72.2) | 73 (32.6) | 50 (72.5) | 42 (34.4) |
| No | 159 (32.7) | 1509 (75.6) | 26 (26.8) | 145 (64.7) | 19 (27.5) | 78 (63.9) |
| Other pain syndromes | χ2(2) = 128.77, p < 0.0001 (0.0001) | χ2(2) = 13.12, p = 0.001 (0.008) | χ2(2) = 7.7, p = 0.021 (0.128) | |||
| Don’t know | 17 (3.5) | 23 (1.2) | 1 (1) | 3 (1.3) | 2 (2.9) | 3 (2.5) |
| Yes | 199 (41) | 373 (18.7) | 51 (52.6) | 70 (31.3) | 34 (49.3) | 36 (29.5) |
| No | 270 (55.6) | 1600 (80.2) | 45 (46.4) | 151 (67.4) | 33 (47.8) | 83 (68) |
| Under psychatric treatment | χ2(2) = 23.84, p < 0.0001 (0.0001) | χ2(2) = 3.83, p = 0.147 (0.316) | χ2(1) = 1.01, p = 0.316 (0.588) | |||
| Don’t know | 4 (0.8) | 8 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Yes | 66 (13.6) | 140 (7) | 21 (21.7) | 30 (13.4) | 16 (23.2) | 21 (17.2) |
| No | 416 (85.6) | 1848 (92.6) | 76 (78.4) | 193 (86.2) | 53 (76.8) | 101 (82.8) |
| Diagnosed disease | χ2(1) = 6.26, p = 0.012 (0.019) | χ2(1) = 0.74, p = 0.389 (0.648) | χ2(1) = 0.93, p = 0.335 (0.588) | |||
| Yes | 182 (37.5) | 629 (31.5) | 40 (41.2) | 81 (36.2) | 28 (40.6) | 41 (33.6) |
| No | 304 (62.6) | 1367 (68.5) | 57 (58.8) | 143 (63.8) | 41 (59.4) | 81 (66.4) |
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 and included variables from Table 3.