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Table 1 Demographic and clinical summaries by sex

From: Sex differences in psychophysical and neurophysiological responses to pain in older adults: a cross-sectional study

 

Total (N = 24)

Female (N = 12)

Male (N = 12)

p value

 

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

 

Age

66.5 (65,69)

67.0 (65,70)

66.5 (66,69)

0.724

Race

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

0.218

 Caucasian

21 (87.5)

10 (83.3)

11 (91.7)

 

 African-American

2 (8.3)

2 (16.7)

0 (0.0)

 

 Asian

1 (4.2)

0 (0.0)

1 (8.3)

 

Marital status

   

0.206

 Married

15 (62.5)

6 (50.0)

9 (75.0)

 

 Not married

9 (37.5)

6 (50.0)

3 (25.0)

 

Marital occupational status

   

0.102

 One spouse gainfully employed

12 (50.0)

8 (66.7)

4 (33.3)

 

 Both spouses gainfully employed

12 (50.0)

4 (33.3)

8 (66.7)

 

Level of school completed

   

0.241

 High school

3 (12.5)

3 (25.0)

0 (0.0)

 

 Technical/some college

8 (33.3)

3 (25.0)

5 (41.7)

 

 College graduate

5 (20.8)

3 (25.0)

2 (16.7)

 

 Advanced degree

8 (33.3)

3 (25.0)

5 (41.7)

 

Standardized measures

    

 BMIa

27.4 (23,30)

25.1 (23,29)

28.1 (25,30)

0.133

 Total SES scoreb

56.3 (45,66)

57.5 (35,64)

55.5 (45,66)

0.560

 MMSE scorec

30.0 (29,30)

30.0 (28,30)

30.0 (29,30)

0.641

 BPI-SF average paind

1.0 (0,2)

2.0 (0,3)

1.0 (0,2)

0.512

 BPI-SF pain right nowd

0.0 (0,1)

0.0 (0,0)

0.0 (0,1)

0.403

 GDS-SF scoree

0.0 (0,2)

0.0 (0,2)

0.5 (0,2)

0.425

 STAI state scoref

48.5 (45,51)

50.0 (45,53)

47.0 (44,50)

0.117

 STAI trait scoref

47.5 (45,51)

49.5 (46,53]

46.5 (43,49]

0.068

  1. aBMI = body mass index
  2. bHollingshead Four-Factor Measure of Socioeconomic Status (range = 8–66; 8 = lowest SES, 66 = highest SES)
  3. cMMSE-Folstein Mini-Mental State Examination (range = 0–30; 0 = completely cognitively impaired, 30 = completely cognitively intact)
  4. dBPI-SF-Brief Pain Inventory Short Form (range = 0–10; 0 = no pain, 10 = most pain)
  5. eGDS-SF-Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form (range; 0 = no indication of depression, 15 = high possibility of depression)
  6. fSTAI-Spielberger State or Trait Anxiety Inventory (range; 20 = indicates increased anxiety, 80 = indicates least amount of anxiety)