. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 23.

Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2015 Apr;37(3):185–189. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000000214

Table 2.

Comparison of Thermal Thresholds between 13 Patients with SCD and Abnormal QST to A Historical Healthy Controls (Meier et al. 2001)*

Method of Limits Tests	Median 50^th Percentiles		Normal Reference Interval 2.5^th to 97.5^th Percentiles*	Normal Reference Interval 2.5^th to 97.5^th Percentiles

	HC*	SCD (n=13)	HC*	SCD (n=13)
Cold (°C)	30.5	23.9	28.5 – 31.3	1.2 – 30.9
Warm (°C)	33.7	37.8	33.0 – 36.1	33.8 – 46.4
Cold Pain (°C)	14.9	3.4	0.0 – 28.0	0.0 – 22.1
Heat Pain (°C)	41.7	49.7	35.8 – 50.0	38.5 – 50.0

HC= Historical Control

SCD= Sickle Cell Disease