Table 2.
Partial Correlations Relating Pain Tolerance to Neuroendocrine Measures by Ethnicity (Controlling for Order of Pain Tests)
| African Americans (n = 45) | ||||||
| Thermal Threshold | Thermal Tolerance | Cold Pressor Threshold | Cold Pressor Tolerance | Ischemic Threshold | Ischemic Tolerance | |
| Baseline ALLO | r = -.24 p = ns |
r = -.22 p = ns |
r = -.29 p = ns |
r = -.17 p = ns |
r = -.18 p = ns |
r = -.19 p = ns |
| Baseline Cortisol | r = +.18 p = ns |
r = +.21 p = ns |
r = -.05 p = ns |
r = +.04 p = ns |
r = +.12 p= ns |
r = +.15 p = ns |
| Baseline β-endorphin | r = +.18 p = ns |
r = +.14 p = ns |
r = +.24 p = ns |
r = +.18 p = ns |
r = +.14 p = ns |
r = +.02 p = ns |
| Non-Hispanic Whites (n = 39) | ||||||
| Thermal Threshold | Thermal Tolerance | Cold Pressor Threshold | Cold Pressor Tolerance | Ischemic Threshold | Ischemic Tolerance | |
| Baseline ALLO |
r = -.49** p < .01 |
r = -.47** p < .01 |
r = -.24 p = ns |
r = -.35* p < .05 |
r = -.24 p = ns |
r = -.43** p < .01 |
| Baseline Cortisol |
r = +.50** p < .01 |
r = +.39* p < .05 |
r = +.24 p = ns |
r = +.32* p < .05 |
r = +.15 p = ns |
r = +.19 p = ns |
| Baseline β-endorphin | r = +.07 p = ns |
r = +.06 p = ns |
r = +.24 p = ns |
r = +.38* p < .05 |
r = +.37* p < .05 |
r = +.22 p = ns |
**
p < .01
*
p < .05