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. 2020 Dec 19;6(12):e05723. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05723

Table 2.

Continuous/ordinal variables description.

All subjects Female, n (%)
Male, n (%)
88 (84.6) 16 (15.4)
Age, years, mean (SD) 73.94 (8.01) 74.02 (8.10) 73.5 (7.72)
Education, years, mean (SD) 7.02 (5.52) 6.85 (5.36) 7.94 (6.44)
Mini-Mental State Examination, mean (SD) 24.98 (3.98) 24.60 (4.11) 27.06 (2.29)
BDI, mean (SD) 13.00 (6.59) 13.92 (6.45) 7.94 (4.99)
BPI, mean (SD)
4.59 (1.45)
4.69 (1.48)
4.05 (1.15)
SF -12, mean (SD)
 Physical Component Summary (PCS) 32.82 (8.98) 31.71 (8.54) 38.95 (9.11)
 Mental Component Summary (MCS)
48.52 (11.06)
47.63 (10.89)
53.44 (11)
WOMAC, mean (SD)
 Pain subscale (0–20) 9.82 (3.53) 10.10 (3.56) 8.25 (2.96)
 Rigidity subscale (0–8) 3.53 (2.04) 3.64 (2.10) 2.94 (1.57)
 Function subscale (0–68) 34.84 (12.15) 36.16 (11.83) 27.56 (11.67)
 Total score (0–96)
48.09 (15.55)
49.78 (15.36)
38.75 (13.52)
VAMS, mean (SD)
 Anxiety 4.16 (2.83) 4.41 (2.81) 2.77 (2.59)
 Depression 2.49 (2.93) 2.80 (3.00) 0.81 (1.81)
 Stress 3.41 (2.97) 3.71 (3.00) 1.76 (2.20)
 Sleepiness
2.90 (2.92)
3.04 (2.98)
2.14 (2.52)
Von-frey MDT, light touch, median (IQR)
 Knee 0.60 (1.00) 0.60 (1.00) 1.00 (0.98)
 Hand
0.40 (0.84)
0.40 (0.64)
0.80 (1.12)
Von-frey MDT, pinprick, median (IQR)
 Knee 4.00 (6.00) 4.00 (6.00) 4.00 (13.60)
 Hand
8.00 (24.00)
8.00 (24.00)
9.00 (21.00)
Von-frey MPT, median (IQR)
 Knee 26 (172.00) 26.00 (91.00) 43.00 (293.00)
 Hand
300.00 (274.00)
300.00 (274.00)
300.00 (274.00)
Von-frey NRS, mean (SD)
 Knee 3.08 (1.94) 3.23 (1.95) 2.31 (1.75)
 Hand
1.76 (1.94)
1.86 (2.03)
1.20 (1.26)
PPT, mean (SD)
 Knee 2.06 (1.21) 1.94 (1.13) 2.68 (1.47)
 Hand
2.72 (1.14)
2.69 (1.17)
2.90 (0.98)
CPM PPT, mean (SD)
 Knee 18.51 (29.32) 19.75 (28.30) 11.72 (34.62)
 Hand
1.87 (26.03)
0.98 (25.80)
6.77 (27.56)
CPM P, mean (SD)
 Knee 9.94 (15.06) 10.83 (15.68) 5.07 (10.02)
 Hand 3.38 (24.61) 2.75 (25.31) 6.83 (20.67)

Abbreviations: BDI: Beck Depression Inventory; BPI: Brief Pain Inventory; SF -12: 12-Item Short Form Health Survey scale; WOMAC: Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index; VAMS: Visual Analogic Mood Scale; MDT: Mechanical Detection Threshold; MPT: Mechanical Pain Threshold; NRS: Numeric Rating Scale; PPT: Pain Pressure Threshold; CPM: Conditioned Pain Modulation; CPM-P: Conditioned Pain Modulation - pain; IQR: Interquartile Range; SD: Standard Deviation.