. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2017 Feb-Mar;79(2):201–212. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000385

Table 4.

Racial differences in the relationship between stress reactivity and pain sensitivity as determined by partial correlations adjusting for education.

		CP Tolerance	CP threshold	CP intensity	CP unpleasantness	Central sensitization
SBP reactivity	AA	−.04	−.06	−.03	−.02	.18
SBP reactivity	nHW	.15	.24^*	−.07	−.17	−.30^**
DBP reactivity	AA	−.06	−.08	−.09	.05	.11
DBP reactivity	nHW	.26^*	.22	−.13	−.23^*	−.21
HR reactivity	AA	−.05	−.01	.08	−.13	.14
HR reactivity	nHW	−.01	.23^*	−.09	−.08	−.07
CI reactivity	AA	−.10	−.01	.36^**	−.06	.30^*
CI reactivity	nHW	.20	.20	−.20	−.24^*	−.07
SVI reactivity	AA	−.10	−.01	.41^**	.01	.32^*
SVI reactivity	nHW	.17	.11	−.21	−.18	−.04
VRI reactivity	AA	.09	−.01	−.34^*	.05	−.18
VRI reactivity	nHW	−.01	−.10	.18	.17	−.10
PEP reactivity	AA	.03	.06	−.08	.10	−.21
PEP reactivity	nHW	−.07	−.24^*	.16	.13	.17
Cortisol AUCg	AA	.16	.33^*	−.25	−.21	.00
Cortisol AUCg	nHW	.03	.15	.05	−.06	−.12
NE AUCg	AA	.07	−.13	−.13	−.04	.13
NE AUCg	nHW	.08	.37^*	−.16	−.20	−.25^*
Beta endorphins	AA	.10	.08	−.23	−.21	−.17
Beta endorphins	nHW	.14	.05	−.18	−.24^*	−.26^*

Bolded coefficients indicate significant racial differences.

p<.05;

^**

p<.01