Table 1: General and pain characteristics of all the participants (N = 35).

Variables

Male (n = 27)

Female (n = 8)

t-cal

p-value

All participants

General

Age

34.7 ± 9.41

31.0 ± 5.35

1.046

0.303

33.8 ± 8.72

Weight

71.4 ± 8.05

69.7 ± 5.49

0.531

0.599

71.0 ± 7.51

Height

1.7 ± 0.08

1.6 ± 0.06

0.479

0.635

1.66 ± 0.08

BMI

25.8 ± 2.57

25.7 ± 2.09

0.092

0.927

25.8 ± 2.44

Pain

Current pain

4.0 ± 0.980

3.9 ± 0.354

0.455

0.652

4.0 ± 0.98

Average pain

3.7 ± 0.813

3.8 ± 0.886

-0.028

0.978

3.7 ± 0.813

Best pain

3.4 ± 1.115

3.1 ± 0.991

0.559

0.580

3.3 ± 1.145

Worst pain

5.8 ± 1.145

6.0 ± 1.069

-0.407

0.686

5.8 ± 1.145

QVAS total

45.3 ± 7.236

45.4 ± 5.020

-0.039

0.969

45.3 ± 7.236

BMI: Body Mass Index; QVAS: Quadruple Visual Analogue Scale.