Temporomandibular Disorders Related to Stress and HPA-Axis Regulation

Table 3

Linear correlation () with associated values between glucocorticoid levels and psychosocial factors in the TMD group. Pain-catastrophizing score was significant, negatively correlated with and the sum of glucocorticoids ( + ) ( and , resp.). No significant association between and pain catastrophizing was found, neither any significant associations between the other parameters of glucocorticoid levels in saliva and psychosocial factors.

TMD group	Cortisone ()	Cortisol ()	/-ratio	+
Catastrophizing score
	−0.323	−0.230	−0.080	−0.305
value	0.033	0.138	0.611	0.047
Anxiety (A) score
	−0.089	0.125	0.247	−0.016
value	0.566	0.420	0.107	0.919
Depression (D) score
	−0.091	0.036	0.128	−0.049
value	0.563	0.821	0.415	0.753
A + D (HADS) score
	−0.042	0.123	0.211	0.016
value	0.785	0.426	0.169	0.919