The Relationship between Acculturation and Experimental Pain Sensitivity in Asian Americans with Knee Osteoarthritis

Table 2

Results of regression model.

Variable	Beta	Standard error	value	value
Heat pain tolerance
Acculturation	0.61	0.23	2.69	0.01
Age	−0.01	0.02	−0.70	0.49
Male	0.87	0.25	3.45	<0.01
BMI	0.03	0.04	0.84	0.40
Pressure pain threshold
Acculturation	0.59	0.24	2.48	0.02
Age	0.01	0.02	0.82	0.41
Male	0.79	0.27	2.96	<0.01
BMI	0.05	0.04	1.16	0.25
Punctate pain
Acculturation	−0.70	0.23	−2.99	<0.01
Age	0.01	0.02	0.70	0.49
Male	−0.52	0.26	−1.97	0.05
BMI	−0.02	0.04	−0.38	0.71

Note. BMI, body mass index. R-square: heat pain tolerance = 0.32, pressure pain threshold = 0.25, punctate pain = 0.22. Average z-score.