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 | |||
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| PSQ-minor (mean ± SD) | 2.8 | (±1.3) | |||||
| PSQ-moderate (mean ± SD) | 5.3 | (±1.5) | |||||
| PSQ-total (mean ± SD) | 4.1 | (±1.3) | |||||
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| EPT (mA, median, IQR) | 132 | 21.1 | (15.0 – 27.1) | ||||
| NRS-EPT (median, IQR) | 7.0 | (6.0 – 8.0) | |||||
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| 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.