Fear of Severe Pain Mediates Sex Differences in Pain Sensitivity Responses to Thermal Stimuli

Table 2

Models for predicting pain ratings at suprathreshold temperatures.

	Variables in the model	Beta	𝑡-value	𝑃-value	𝑅^2	Total variance explained by the model (%)
Model 1: pain rating at 45°C	Sex	0.09	1.15	0.25	0.010	4.5%
	FPQ-severe	0.18	2.35	0.02	0.030
	Age	0.06	0.80	0.43	0.003
Model 2: pain rating at 47°C	Sex	0.011	1.48	0.14	0.018	8.5%
	FPQ-severe	0.24	3.24	0.001	0.052
	Age	0.13	1.66	0.09	0.015
Model 3: pain rating at 49°C	Sex	0.13	1.72	0.09	0.026	10%
	FPQ-severe	0.27	3.62	<0.001	0.067
	Age	0.89	1.19	0.24	0.007
Model 4: pain rating at 51°C	Sex	0.15	1.96	0.05	0.032	12%
	FPQ-severe	0.29	3.96	<0.001	0.076
	Age	0.11	1.52	0.13	0.012
Model 5: threshold pain rating	Sex	0.17	2.27	0.03	0.021	8.1%
	FPQ-severe	0.08	1.05	0.30	0.003
	Age	0.25	3.26	0.001	0.057
Model 6: threshold temperature	Sex	−0.10	−1.36	0.17	0.024	7.3%
	FPQ-severe	−0.20	−2.59	0.01	0.041
	Age	−0.09	1.20	0.22	0.008