Table 1 Participant characteristics.

From: Endocannabinoid contributions to the perception of socially relevant, affective touch in humans

Study 1

 

Childhood maltreatment (N = 52)

No childhood maltreatment (N = 49)

Total (N = 102)

p-value

Sex: Female

37 (63.8)

25 (51.0)

62 (60.8)

p = 0.10

Age

29.1 (3.6)

27.9 (4.3)

28.6 (4.0)

p = 0.06

CPRS (Psychiatric symptoms)

 Depression scores (MADRS)

5.9 (4.7)

3.7 (3.7)

4.9 (4.4)

p = 0.01

 Anxiety scores

6.9 (4.4)

5.1 (3.7)

6.1 (4.2)

p = 0.03

 CPRS total scores

12.3 (8.4)

8.3 (7.1)

10.5 (8.0)

p = 0.01

DERS (Emotion regulation)

38.5 (15.7)

33.4 (13.9)

36.2 (15.1)

p = 0.08

AUDIT

6.2 (4.9)

5.1 (5.1)

5.7 (5.0)

p = 0.27

DUDIT

2.0 (5.4)

3.1 (6.4)

2.5 (5.9)

p = 0.31

CTQ (Childhood trauma)

 Physical abuse

9.1 (4.5)

5.9 (2.2)

7.6 (4.0)

p < 0.001

 Sexual abuse

9.6 (6.6)

5.1 (0.5)

7.5 (5.4)

p < 0.001

 Emotional abuse

11.8 (5.6)

8.2 (4.6)

10.2 (5.5)

p < 0.001

 Physical neglect

8.8 (4.0)

6.9 (3.6)

7.9 (3.9)

p = 0.014

 Emotional neglect

12.5 (5.4)

9.5 (5.0)

11.1 (5.4)

p = 0.004

Total score

51.8 (20.8)

35.6 (13.7)

44.4 (19.6)

p < 0.001

Study 2

 

PBO (N = 29)

FAAHi (N = 16)

Total (N = 45)

p-value

Sex: Female

17 (58%)

9 (56%)

26 (58%)

p = 0.88

Age

26.1 (8.4)

24.6 (56%)

25.5 (7.2)

p = 0.51

STAI (Anxiety)

 STAI-State

31.1 (6.2)

31.2 (7.8)

31.1 (6.7)

p = 0.96

 STAI-Trait

35.9 (4.9)

34.6 (5.9)

35.4 (5.3)

p = 0.46

AUDIT

4.0 (2.1)

5.3 (2.6)

4.6 (2.4)

p = 0.10

DUDIT

0.2 (0.8)

0.1 (0.5)

0.2 (0.8)

p = 0.60

PANAS

 Positive

27.4 (5.4)

27.2 (6.9)

27.3 (5.9)

p = 0.90

 Negative

14.2 (4.3)

16.1 (6.2)

14.9 (5.1)

p = 0.22

  1. Data are presented as mean (standard deviation) for continuous measures and N (%) for categorical measures.
  2. CTQ childhood trauma questionnaire, CPRS comprehensive psychiatry rating scale, MADRS montgomery-asberg depression rating scale, DERS difficulties in emotion regulating scale, AUDIT alcohol use disorders identification test, DUDIT drug use disorders identification test, CTQ childhood trauma questionnaire, PANAS positive and negative affect schedule, POMS profile of mood states. Bolded values p < 0.05.