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Table 2 Layered cross-tabulation for the effect of ethnicity on the percent of respondents who currently experience the pain symptoms that were significant by ethnicity

From: Perspectives on the impact of painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy in a multicultural population

Strata

p-value

 

Stabbing pain

Shooting pain

Electric shock-like pain

Pain and discomfort at night

Burning pain

Sensitivity to touch

Controlling for age

 18–34 years

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.002

NS

0.001

0.004

 35–54 years

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.001

< 0.0001

0.001

  ≥ 55 years

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

Controlling for education

 Less than high school

0.002

0.034

NS

0.021

NS

NS

 High school

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.006

< 0.0001

<0.0001

NS

 Some college – no degree

< 0.0001

0.003

0.007

NS

NS

0.004

 Associate’s degree

NS

0.024

NS

NS

NS

NS

 Bachelor’s degree

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

 Post-graduate degree

0.009

0.031

NS

NS

0.024

0.007

Controlling for income

  < $25,000

0.006

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

 $25,000 - $34,999

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.002

NS

NS

0.004

 $35,000 - $49,999

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.009

0.005

0.006

NS

 $50,000 - $74,999

0.006

0.014

0.018

NS

NS

NS

 $75,000 - $99,999

NS

0.001

0.013

NS

NS

NS

 $100,000 - $149,999

0.004

NS

0.028

NS

0.001

0.036

  ≥ $150,000

0.007

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

  1. Abbreviations: NS not significant