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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Apr 30.
Published in final edited form as: Pain. 2007 Feb 12;129(1-2):177–184. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.12.016

Table 4.

Means (SD) of Pain Measures for African American, Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Females and Males

African American Hispanic Non-Hispanic White
Measure Female Male Group Female Male Group Female Male Group
Threshold
IPTH (sec) 191.1 (167.6) 248.8 (217.5) 208.3 (186.2) 166.0 (169.5) 187.5 (145.8) 175.5 (158.5) 141.0 (131.2) 214.5 (177.8) 185.3 (162.9)
CPTH (sec) 12.0 (10.3) 16.6 (12.3) 13.6 (11.0) 13.5 (17.7) 29.2 (55.2) 20.5 (36.5) 16.6 (13.4) 21.5 (15.6) 19.8 (15.1)
HPTH (°C) 42.0 (3.02) 42.3 (3.5) 42.1 (3.2) 40.1 (3.4) 42.9 (3.0) 41.4 (3.5) 40.7 (3.2) 42.2 (2.9) 41.7 (3.2)
PPTHM (kg) 2.6 (0.8) 3.3 (1.4) 2.89 (1.1) 2.4 (0.7) 4.2 (1.6) 3.2 (1.5) 2.4 (0.8) 3.6 (1.3) 3.2 (1.4)
PPTHT (Kg) 5.4 (1.9) 6.7 (2.4) 5.9 (2.2) 4.9 (1.6) 7.2 (2.2) 6.0 (2.2) 5.2 (2.4) 7.7 (2.0) 6.7 (2.5)
Tolerance
IPTO (sec) 355.3 (252.5) 630.2 (235.5) 446.4 (275.5) 439.8 (297.1) 492.9 (251.9) 463.4 (277.1) 445.7 (243.3) 625.8 (265.2) 550. (268.3)
CPTO* (sec) 31.7 (25.3) 66.1 (83.5) 42.6 (54.0) 50.5 (79.6) 101.8 (110.4) 73.3 (97.1) 88.3 (99.3) 162.4 (124.8) 133.1 (120.3)
HPTO* ((°C) 45.4 (2.3) 47.5 (2.4) 46.2 (2.5) 44.9 (2.9) 47.5 (2.5) 46.1 (3.0) 46.3 (2.2) 48.6 (2.2) 47.6 (2.5)
Pain Range
ISPR (sec) 175.8 (204.8) 415.8 (264.2) 257.7 (249.5) 280.7 (241.1) 307.5 (234.0) 292.5 (236.3) 304.6 (199.3) 416.8 (229.3) 365.8 (222.0)
CPR* (sec) 19.6 (19.3) 49.5 (80.0) 29.7 (50.2) 36.9 (70.1) 75.3 (102.4) 53.6 (87.0) 71.7 (90.3) 140.8 (117.8) 113.3 (112.0)
HPR* (°C) 3.4 (1.4) 5.1 (2.7) 4.1 (2.3) 4.8 (2.3) 4.5 (2.7) 4.7 (2.5) 5.5 (2.7) 6.3 (3.0) 6.0 (3.0)
*

p < .05 (African Americans =Hispanics < non-Hispanic Whites

IPTH = Ischemic Pain Threshold

CPTH = Cold Pain Threshold

HPTH = Heat Pain Threshold

PPTHM = Pressure Pain Threshold Masseter

PPTHT = Pressure Pain Threshold Trapezius

HPTO = Heat Pain Tolerance

IPTO = Ischemic Pain Tolerance

CPTO = Cold Pain Tolerance

ISPR = Ischemic Pain Range

CPR=Cold Pain Range

HPR=Heat Pain Range