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Table 1 Frequency and severity of TMJ-OA lesions in male and female (juvenile/subadult and adult) individuals

From: Osteoarthritis of the temporomandibular joint in the Eastern Atlantic harbour seal (Phoca vitulina vitulina) from the German North Sea: a study of the lesions seen in dry bone

  

maxTMJ-OA

sumTMJ-OA

Stage

Males

Females

Males

Females

Frequencies (n (%))

normal

355

(41.2%)

469

(50.7%)

355

(41.2%)

469

(50.7%)

mild

326

(37.8%)

251

(27.1%)

364

(42.2%)

280

(30.3%)

moderate

145

(16.8%)

156

(16.9%)

126

(14.6%)

146

(15.8%)

severe

36

(4.2%)

49

(5.3%)

17

(2.0%)

30

(3.2%)

total

862

(100%)

925

(100%)

862

(100%)

925

(100%)

Percentiles

25th

normal

normal

normal

normal

50th

mild

normal

mild

normal

75th

mild

mild

mild

mild

90th

moderate

moderate

moderate

moderate

95th

moderate

severe

moderate

moderate

99th

severe

severe

severe

severe