Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of the sample
| Variable | New onset pain n=69 |
Chronic pain n=60 |
Healthy n=62 |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M(SD)/N(%) | M(SD)/N(%) | M(SD)/N(%) | ||
| Age in years | 13.98 (1.75) | 14.58 (2.22) | 13.63 (2.05) | .03 |
| Sex | .01 | |||
| Female | 43 (62.3) | 51 (85.0) | 41 (66.1) | |
| Male | 26 (37.7) | 9 (15.0) | 21 (33.9) | |
| Body Mass Index | 23.30 (5.04) | 23.19 (7.21) | 21.02 (4.47) | .04 |
| Race | ||||
| Caucasian/White | 41 (59.4) | 46 (76.7) | 50 (80.6) | .007 |
| African American/Black | 4 (5.8) | 3 (5.0) | 4 (6.5) | |
| Asian | 1 (1.4) | 4 (6.7) | 5 (8.1) | |
| American Indian/Alaskan | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.6) | |
| More than one race | 17 (24.6) | 4 (6.7) | 2 (3.2) | |
| Not reported | 6 (8.7) | 3 (5.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Most painful pain location | <.001 | |||
| Back or Spine | 9 (13.0) | 17 (28.3) | 4 (6.5) | |
| Leg or foot | 30 (43.5) | 16 (26.7) | 16 (25.8) | |
| Hand/arm | 7 (10.1) | 6 (10.0) | 4 (6.5) | |
| Shoulder | 5 (7.2) | 3 (5.0) | 1 (1.6) | |
| Hip | 3 (4.3) | 4 (6.7) | 2 (3.2) | |
| Neck | 6 (8.7) | 3 (5.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Head | 9 (13.0) | 2 (3.3) | 2 (3.2) | |
| Chest | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.6) | |
| Abdomen | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.7) | 5 (8.1) | |