Stress-, Anxiety-, and Gender-Related Modulation of Masseter Muscle Activity During Wakefulness.

J Oral Rehabil · 2026 · PMC12705293 · PMID 41090629

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marginally significantp = 0.058so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

VAS stress showed a marginally significant negative effect on integral MVC ( β = −0.007, SE = 0.004, t = −1.902, p = 0.058), indicating that each unit increase in stress was associated with an approximate 1.71% reduction in %MVC·s.

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.089so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

While there was a trend towards higher POBC scores in individuals with greater trait anxiety, the difference did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.089).

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