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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Emerg Med. 2011 Feb;18(2):135–139. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00988.x

Table 1. Patient Characteristics.

Variables Number %
Sex
 Female 142 66.4
 Male 72 33.6
Race/ethnicity
 Hispanic 134 62.6
 African American 49 22.9
 White 26 12.1
 Other 5 2.3
Location of pain
 Head/neck 33 15.4
 Chest 19 8.9
 Abdomen/pelvis 75 35.0
 Extremities 24 11.2
 Back 24 11.2
 Other 39 18.2
Pain intensity at baseline
Numerical Rating Scale
 2 4 1.9
 3 12 5.6
 4 15 7.0
 5 21 9.8
 6 14 6.5
 7 15 7.0
 8 43 20.1
 9 22 10.3
 10 68 31.8
 Median (IQR) 8 6-10
Age years (mean, ±SD) 74 ±7.5