Table 4.
Results of ANOVA analysis (F-estimates and P-values) of gender and site effects for the QST values.
| gender | site | LA-LB | LA-RA | LB-RB | RA-RB | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | P | F | P | p | p | p | p | |
| CDT (°C) | 1.126 | 0.292 | 0.388 | 0.762 | 0.609 | 0.500 | 0.437 | 0.348 |
| WDT (°C) | 1.315 | 0.255 | 11.430 | 0.000*** | 0.001** | 0.288 | 0.057 | <0.001*** |
| CPT (°C) | 1.113 | 0.295 | 0.118 | 0.949 | 0.802 | 0.782 | 0.970 | 0.625 |
| HPT (°C) | 0.060 | 0.808 | 1.357 | 0.263 | 0.126 | 0.369 | 0.751 | 0.339 |
| MDT (mN) | 0.290 | 0.592 | 0.404 | 0.750 | 0.937 | 0.343 | 0.987 | 0.394 |
| MPT (mN) | 0.544 | 0.463 | 0.202 | 0.894 | 0.507 | 0.718 | 0.516 | 0.729 |
| PPT (kPa) | 3.635 | 0.061 | 3.900 | 0.012* | 0.028 * | 0.967 | 0.778 | 0.012* |
| 2PD (mm) | 4.034 | 0.048* | 0.390 | 0.761 | 0.663 | 0.913 | 0.587 | 0.385 |
Cold detection threshold (CDT), warm detection threshold (WDT), cold pain threshold (CPT), heat pain threshold (HPT), mechanical detection threshold (MDT), mechanical pain threshold (MPT), pain-pressure threshold (PPT) and two-point discrimination (2PD). LA: left subauricular site, LB: left postauricular site, RA: right subauricular site, RB: right postauricular site. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.