. 2022 Jan 28;8:14. doi: 10.1038/s41394-022-00482-1

Table 2.

Pain severity.

Sub-group		Mean neuropathic pain score	T-value	p-value	Mean nociceptive pain score	T-value	p-value
Age	<55	56.0	0.906	0.367	52.9	1.042	0.300
Age	>55	54.3	0.906	0.367	51.1	1.042	0.300
Sex	Male	54.0	−2.053	0.043^a	52.0	0.008	0.994
Sex	Female	58.0	−2.053	0.043^a	52.0	0.008	0.994
Mechanism of injury	Penetrating	57.5	−0.869	0.387	55.9	−1.692	0.094
Mechanism of injury	Non-penetrating	55.1	−0.869	0.387	51.5	−1.692	0.094
Completeness	Complete (ASIA A/B)	53.2	−1.891	0.061^b	52.0	0.113	0.910
Completeness	Incomplete (ASIA C/D)	56.6	−1.891	0.061^b	51.8	0.113	0.910
Level of injury	Cervical or thoracic	54.7	−1.476	0.143	51.5	−1.977	0.051^b
Level of injury	Lumbar or sacral	58.9	−1.476	0.143	56.7	−1.977	0.051^b
Time since injury	≤5 years	54.4	−0.376	0.708	49.2	−1.656	0.101
Time since injury	>5 years	55.3	−0.376	0.708	52.8	−1.656	0.101
Degree of pain at initial stay	<5	52.2	−2.144	0.037^a	48.8	−2.413	0.018^a
Degree of pain at initial stay	≥5	56.4	−2.144	0.037^a	53.3	−2.413	0.018^a
Employment status	Yes	54.7	−0.429	0.668	51.4	−0.632	0.529
Employment status	No	55.5	−0.429	0.668	52.5	−0.632	0.529

*Neuropathic and nociceptive pain scores derived from neuropathic 5a (PROMIS-Neur), PROMIS nociceptive 5a (PROMIS-No) values. ASIA American Spinal Injury Association [Impairment Scale].

^astatistical significance (p < 0.05).

^btrending towards statistical significance (p > 0.05 and <0.10).