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