TABLE 2.
Bite force, teeth in occlusal contact and jaw movements (continuous clinical variables). A comparison between 26 patients with hEDS and 39 controls adjusted for gender, age and BMI
| Continuous clinical variables | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dependant variable | Independent variable (reference) | p‐value | B | 95% CI B | ||
| hEDS | Controls | |||||
| Bite force (N) | Mean: 263.96 | Mean: 340.7 | Group (hEDS) | 0.978 (0.98) | −1.319 | −95.740; 93.102 |
| SD: 166.66 | SD: 160.36 | Gender (male) | 0.011* | −134.881 | −237.261; −32.502 | |
| Min: 26.75 | Min: 121.5 | Age | 0.061 | −5.617 | −11.511; 0.276 | |
| Max: 659 | Max: 693.25 | BMI | 0.774 | 1.469 | 8.788; 11.726 | |
| Teeth in occlusal contact | Mean: 8.65 | Mean: 10.31 | Group (hEDS) | 0.198 (0.35) | 0.735 | −0.395; 1.865 |
| SD: 2.70 | SD: 1.54 | Gender (male) | 0.891 | 0.096 | −1.296; 1.488 | |
| Min: 1 | Min: 8 | Age | 0.676 | −0.012 | −0.71; 0.046 | |
| Max: 16 | Max: 13 | BMI | 0.219 | −0.078 | −0.202; 0.047 | |
| Pain‐free opening | Mean: 38.62 | Mean: 52.95 | Group (hEDS) | <0.0001*** (0.0007) | 11.338 | 6.917; 15.759 |
| SD: 12.88 | SD: 5.63 | Gender (male) | 0.016* | −6.578 | −11.884; −1.271 | |
| Min: 15 | Min: 40 | Age | 0.268 | ‐0.129 | ‐0.361; 0.102 | |
| Max: 64 | Max: 67 | BMI | 0.014* | −0.602 | −1.077; −0.128 | |
| Maximum unassisted opening | Mean: 48.31 | Mean: 55.26 | Group (hEDS) | 0.013* (0.046) | 4.744 | 1.054; 8.435 |
| SD: 9.72 | SD: 6 | Gender (male) | 0.007* | −6.209 | −10.639; −1.779 | |
| Min: 20 | Min: 40 | Age | 0.179 | −0.131 | −0.324; 0.062 | |
| Max: 70 | Max: 67 | BMI | 0.081 | −0.352 | −0.748; 0.045 | |
| Maximum assisted opening | Mean: 49.38 | Mean: 56.05 | Group (hEDS) | 0.022* (0.051) | 4.342 | 0.636; 8.048 |
| SD: 9.81 | SD: 5.96 | Gender (male) | 0.012* | −5.761 | −10.209; −1.312 | |
| Min: 20 | Min: 40 | Age | 0.175 | −0.133 | −0.327; 0.061 | |
| Max:70 | Max: 68 | BMI | 0.044* | −0.409 | −0.807; −0.012 | |
| Protrusion | Mean: 6.04 | Mean: 6.54 | Group (hEDS) | 0.785 (0.98) | 0.154 | −0.973; 1.282 |
| SD: 2.47 | SD: 1.9 | Gender (male) | 0.584 | −0.373 | −1.726; 0.980 | |
| Min: 2 | Min: 3 | Age | 0.100 | −0.049 | −1.08; 0.010 | |
| Max: 12 | Max: 11 | BMI | 0.369 | −0.055 | −0.176; 0.066 | |
| Lateral movements | Mean: 9.98 | Mean: 10.33 | Group (hEDS) | 0.855 (0.098) | 0.101 | −1.006; 1.208 |
| SD: 2.36 | SD: 2.14 | Gender (male) | 0.047* | −1.349 | −2.678; −0.020 | |
| Min: 4 | Min: 6 | Age | 0.927 | −0.003 | −0.061; 0.055 | |
| Max: 15 | Max: 15 | BMI | 0.690 | −0.024 | −0.143; 0.095 | |
Note: The p‐values marked in bold are significant p‐values corrected for multiple testing comparing groups.
Abbreviations: B, parameter estimate; CI, Confidence interval.
*p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001.