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. 2020 Jul 23;2020:1050935. doi: 10.1155/2020/1050935

Table 2.

Characteristics of the participants.

Total Male Female
n n n
394 178 (45.2%) 216 (54.8%)
Age (year)
 18–28 90 50.6 137 63.4
 29–38 48 27.0 55 25.5
 39–48 22 12.4 10 4.6
 49–58 8 4.5 5 2.3
 59–68 1 0.6 1 0.5
 Missing 9 5.1 8 3.7

PSQ-minor (mean ± SD) 2.8 (±1.3)
PSQ-moderate (mean ± SD) 5.3 (±1.5)
PSQ-total (mean ± SD) 4.1 (±1.3)

EPT (mA, median, IQR) 132 21.1 (15.0 – 27.1)
NRS-EPT (median, IQR) 7.0 (6.0 – 8.0)

PPT (N, median, IQR) 262 59.4 (41.6 – 92.2)
NRS-PPT (median, IQR) 3.0 (2.0 – 5.0)

SD: standard deviation; mA: milliampere; n: number of participants; EPT: electrical pain tolerance; PPT: pressure pain threshold; SD: standard deviation; NRS: numerical rating scale; IQR: interquartile range; N: Newton.