Table 4.

Pain stimulation thresholds and pain ratings

	Autism spectrum condition mean (SD)	Control mean (SD)	Autism spectrum condition versus controls
Pain threshold (mA)
Low	0.29 (0.13)	0.33 (0.17)	P = 0.55
High	1.50 (1.40)	2.08 (1.52)	P = 0.24
Pain rating
Self low	−0.8 (2.7)	2.0 (3.6)	P = 0.02*
Self high	−5.6 (2.3)	−5.9 (2.7)	P = 0.68
Other low	−1.2 (3.1)	2.1 (3.4)	P = 0.01**
Other high	−4.6 (3.4)	−5.5 (2.5)	P = 0.43

Statistics applied: independent samples t-test. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01.