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Table 2 Demographic data of participants

From: Nitric oxide is negatively correlated to pain during acute inflammation

Protocol

Microdialysis

Glyceryl trinitrate

Gene Expression

 

All subjects

Successful sampling

      

Treatment

Placebo

Ketorolac

Placebo

Ketorolac

Placebo

100 μg

150 μg

200 μg

Placebo

Ketorolac

Number

24

20

19

10

20

18

19

18

15

13

Age

20.4 ± 3.9

19.0 ± 2.4

19.9 ± 3.3

20.0 ± 2.7

22.9 ± 5.4

20.1 ± 3.6

22.0 ± 4.9

22.4 ± 5.4

19.3 ± 3.5

18.9 ± 2.8

Gender M/F

7/17

5/15

3/15

1/8

15/5

12/6

9/10

9/9

8/7

8/5

Race

 

White

18

14

12

6

15

12

13

14

13

10

African

3

3

3

2

1

4

2

2

--

2

Others

3

3

3

1

4

2

4

2

2

1

Difficulty*

3.5 ± 0.6

3.5 ± .05

3.5 ± 0.6

3.5 ± 0.5

2.95 ± 0.8

3.2 ± 0.9

3.4 ± 0.8

3.3 ± 0.7

7.3 ± 0.9

7.2 ± 0.9

Rescue Medicine

14 (58%)

6 (30%)

11 (61%)

3 (33%)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

9 (60%)

5 (38%)

  1. Data presented as mean ± S.D.
  2. * Extraction difficulty is the sum calculated by assigning a score of (2) for soft tissue impactions, (3) for partial bony impactions and (4) for full bony impactions.