Table 1.
Summary characteristics and survey responses for primary study cohort (Mean (SD) or Proportion, %).
| Total (observed range) | All (n=614) | Women (n=436) | Men(n=177) | Raw-p† | Adjusted-p† | Effect size † (F–M) (95% CI) |
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| Age (18–90 yrs) | 48.3 (20.4) | 47.5 (20.2) | 50.4 (20.8) | 0.11 | 1 | −0.14 (−0.32, 0.03) |
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| BMI (16.5–57.3 kg/m2) | 27.0 (6.4) | 26.9 (6.7) | 27.5 (5.9) | 0.26 | 1 | −0.09 (−0.27, 0.08) |
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| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||
| Caucasian (%) | 93.50% | 93.30% | 93.80% | 0.84 | 1 | −0.04 (−0.44, 0.36) |
| non-Hispanic (%) | 97.00% | 97.80% | 95.20% | 0.09 | 1 | 0.45 (−0.08, 0.98) |
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| Marital status | ||||||
| Never married, (%) | 31.00% | 32.10% | 28.20% | 0.35 | 1 | 0.10 (−0.11, 0.31) |
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| Current employment status | ||||||
| Employed, (%) | 57.80% | 58.90% | 54.80% | 0.35 | 1 | −0.09 (−0.10, 0.29) |
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| Education level | ||||||
| College or higher, (%) | 82.40% | 81.70% | 84.20% | 0.46 | 1 | −0.10 (−0.36, 0.16) |
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| Pain Status | ||||||
| Current Pain - incidence (%) | 58.60% | 56.90% | 63.30% | 0.17 | 1 | −0.15 (−0.35, 0.05) |
| Intensity‡ (mean, SD) | 2.4 (2.3) | 2.7 (2.5) | 1.8 (1.7) | 0.001 | 0.02 | 0.39 (0.17, 0.62) |
| Worst 7-day Pain - incidence (%) | 93.20% | 92.30% | 94.40% | 0.73 | 1 | −0.15 (−0.56, 0.25) |
| Intensity‡ (mean, SD) | 3.6 (2.3) | 3.7 (2.4) | 3.4 (2.2) | 0.22 | 1 | 0.13 (−0.05, 0.31) |
| Average 7-day Pain - incidence (%) | 78.50% | 76.60% | 83.10% | 0.19 | 1 | −0.22 (−0.47, 0.03) |
| Intensity‡ (mean, SD) | 2.0 (1.6) | 2.1 (1.7) | 1.7 (1.5) | 0.02 | 0.38 | 0.24 (0.05, 0.44) |
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| Pain Schema, PSQ (1.6–8.2) | 4.7 (1.0) | 4.7 (0.9) | 4.5 (1.0) | 0.01 | 0.19 | 0.22 (0.04, 0.39) |
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| MSS-related survey Scores: | ||||||
| SSAS (10–49) | 26.6 (6.1) | 27.6 (5.8) | 24.0 (6.0) | <0.001 | 0.02 | 0.61 (0.44, 0.79) |
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| AASP sensory sensitivity (15–63) | 32.1 (8.9) | 33.5 (8.9) | 28.8 (7.9) | <0.001 | 0.02 | 0.55 (0.37, 0.72) |
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| AASP sensory avoiding (16–68) | 34.1 (9.2) | 34.8 (9.2) | 32.4 (9.0) | 0.004 | 0.08 | 0.26 (0.09, 0.44) |
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| ASQ subscale (13–54) | 23.9 (7.9) | 24.9 (8.2) | 21.4 (6.3) | <0.001 | 0.02 | 0.45 (0.28, 0.63) |
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| HSPS (27–181) | 98.5 (27.8) | 102.9 (27.8) | 87.9 (24.7) | <0.001 | 0.02 | 0.56 (0.38, 0.73) |
Table 1 Notes: PSQ, Pain Severity Questionnaire; MSS, Multisensory Sensitivity; SSAS, Somatosensory Amplification Scale; AASP, Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile; ASQ, Adult Sensory Questionnaire; HSPS, Highly Sensitive Person Scale.
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Sex-differences comparisons; Effect size is positive when values are higher for women than men.
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Pain intensities of those reporting pain.