Table 3 Comparison of temporomandibular joint disorder and DMFT between RA patients and healthy controls(left), and assessment of the association of each item with RA activity(right)
From: Oral health-related quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis: a comparative analysis
Items | Mann–Whitney U | Kruskal–Wallis | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Study groups | RA activity | |||||||||
Control(40 N) | RA patients(40 N) | Total(80 N) | Z-score | Significance | Remission | Low Disease Activity | Moderate Disease Activity | Severe Disease Activity | Significance | |
TMD sum score | 2.05 ± 1.89 | 6.67 ± 7.59 | 4.36 ± 5.97 | −4.433 | < 0.001 | 19.03 | 19.21 | 24.71 | 17.25 | .500 |
Decayed Teeth | 2.00 ± 1.93 | 3.95 ± 3.95 | 2.97 ± 3.24 | −1.852 | .064 | 19.13 | 18.79 | 22.58 | 21.75 | .842 |
Missed Teeth | 5.07 ± 5.53 | 9.60 ± 8.98 | 7.34 ± 7.34 | −2.420 | .016* | 22.30 | 18.43 | 17.88 | 23.67 | .652 |
Filled Teeth | 3.45 ± 3.85 | 3.80 ± 4.83 | 3.63 ± 4.34 | −.304 | .761 | 21.97 | 17.71 | 21.33 | 18.42 | .817 |