Table 3.

Mother’s pain threshold and pain tolerance in seconds based on sucrose preference group, the order of testing (S-W, W-S) and condition (sucrose, water). Data are presented as Geometric Means. Values in parentheses are the Geometric Mean - GeoSE followed by the Geometric Mean + GeoSE.

Mothers	<24%w/v Sucrose Preference Group	≥24% w/v Sucrose Preference Group	Both Sucrose Preference Groups Combined
Pain Threshold ( sec)
Order S-W
Sucrose Condition	16.6 (15.5–17.8)	16.7 (15.0–18.7)	16.4 (15.2–17.7)
Water Condition	17.9 (16.4–19.3)	15.2 (13.5–17.1)	16.1 (14.9–17.4)
Both Conditions	16.6 (15.4–18.0)	16.0 (14.1–18.1)	16.3 (15.1–17.5)
Order W-S
Sucrose Condition	21.1 (18.5–24.1)	17.1 (14.0–20.9)	18.9 (17.1–21.0)
Water Condition	19.3 (17.3–21.5)	18.0 (14.9–21.8)	18.5 (16.7–20.6)
Both Conditions	20.1 (18.1–22.3)	17.5 (14.8–20.7)	18.7 (17.0–20.7)
Both Orders (S-W , W-S)
Sucrose Condition	18.1 (17.1–19.3)	16.9 (15.2–18.5)	17.6 (16.6–18.7)
Water Condition	18.4 (17.3–19.5)	16.1 (14.6–17.8)	17.3 (16.2–18.5)
Number of Subjects	108	43	151
Pain Tolerance (sec)
Order S-W
Sucrose Condition	30.4 (28.7–32.3)	31.3 (28.2–34.8)	30.0 (28.0–32.1)
Water Condition	33.6 (31.4–36.0)	32.2 (29.6–35.1)	32.5 (30.2–34.9)
Both Conditions	31.8 (29.7–34.1)	30.6 (27.4–34.1)	30.0 (29.2–33.4)
Order W-S
Sucrose Condition	34.0 (30.8–37.5)	27.7 (23.7–32.4)	31.2 (28.4–34.3)
Water Condition	33.9 (31.0–37.0)	27.3 (23.2–32.1)	31.2 (28.3–34.4)
Both Conditions	33.7 (30.5–37.2)	28.8 (24.6–33.7)	30.0 (28.5–34.2)
Both Orders (S-W , W-S)
Sucrose Condition	31.6 (30.0–33.2)	30.0 (27.5–32.7)	30.6 (28.9–32.4)
Water Condition	33.7 (31.9–35.6)	30.3 (28.0–32.9)	31.8 (30.0–33.8)
Number of Subjects	117	47	164