TABLE VI.

Hierarchical Linear Analysis of Pain Severity for MFS Individuals Reporting Pain

Step Variable	β	SE	Beta	t	R2	∆R2
1. Sex	−0.22	0.17	−0.11	−1.30
Age	0.00	0.05	0.01	0.06
Ethnicity	−0.08	0.14	−0.05	−0.60
Employment	0.28	0.14	0.17	1.95	0.04	0.04
2. Sex	−0.07	0.15	−0.04	−0.45
Age	−0.13	0.05	−0.25	−2.97*
Ethnicity	−0.03	0.12	−0.02	−0.28
Employment	0.07	0.13	0.04	0.56
Physical health	−0.05	0.01	−0.60	−7.03**	0.30	0.26
3. Sex	0.02	0.13	0.01	0.16
Age	−0.05	0.05	−0.08	−1.02
Ethnicity	−0.14	0.11	−0.09	−1.32
Employment	−0.11	0.12	−0.07	−0.94
Physical health	−0.01	0.01	−0.13	−1.07
Pain-related disability	0.02	0.01	0.49	4.11**
Catastrophizing	0.02	0.01	0.28	3.25*
Mental health	0.00	0.01	−0.02	−0.19
Insomnia symptoms	0.01	0.01	0.06	0.67
Depressive symptoms	−0.01	0.01	−0.13	−1.25	0.48	0.19

^*P ≤0.01,

^**P <0.001