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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin J Pain. 2021 Jul 1;37(7):494–503. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000945

Table 2).

Bivariate Associations Between Demographics, Pain Sensitivity, & Clinical Pain Measures

A) Remote PPT (Hand) Local PPT (Low Back) Heat Pain Threshold Heat Pain Aftersensations Temporal Summation (TS)
Rho p Rho p Rho p Rho p Rho p

Demographics
 Age 0.021 0.877 0.334 0.010 0.076 0.569 0.091 0.498 0.162 0.226
 Sex −0.234 0.080 −0.199 0.135 0.041 0.762 0.067 0.618 0.048 0.719
 Education 0.188 0.161 0.193 0.146 0.298 0.023 −0.076 0.569 −0.173 0.194
 Global Cognition 0.183 0.176 0.207 0.122 0.205 0.126 −0.182 0.175 −0.295 0.026
 Perceived Health 0.071 0.604 0.077 0.570 0.256 0.054 −0.268 0.044 −0.349 0.008

B) Recalled Pain Resting Pain Movement-Evoked Pain
Rho p Rho p Rho p

Demographics
 Age 0.024 0.855 −0.142 0.281 −0.142 0.279
 Sex 0.180 0.168 0.107 0.414 −0.066 0.615
 Education −0.357 0.005 −0.252 0.052 −0.232 0.075
 Global Cognition −0.289 0.026 −0.086 0.516 −0.244 0.062
 Perceived Health −0.321 0.013 −0.274 0.036 −0.445 <.001
Pain Sensitivity
 Remote Pressure Pain Threshold (Hand) −0.169 0.209 −0.194 0.149 −0.183 0.172
 Local Pressure Pain Threshold (Low Back) −0.204 0.125 −0.291 0.027 −0.307 0.019
 Heat Pain Threshold −0.161 0.228 −0.232 0.080 −0.310 0.018
 Heat Pain Aftersensations 0.085 0.525 0.181 0.174 0.361 0.005
 Temporal Summation (TS) 0.351 0.007 0.436 0.001 0.488 <.001

PPT= Pressure pain threshold; Temporal Summation (TS)= Temporal summation of second heat pain