Sex Differences in Pain Sensitivity in a Dutch Cohort: Cross-Sectional and Web-Based Multidimensional Study

Rachel J H Smits   ¹ , MD ;   Selina E I van der Wal   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Regina L M van Boekel   ¹ , PhD ;   Hans Timmerman   ² , PhD ;   Ewald M Bronkhorst   ³ , PhD ;   Diana Abrar   ¹ , MD ;   Kris C P Vissers   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Esmeralda N Blaney Davidson   ^{4 *} , PhD ;   Monique A H Steegers   ^{5 *} , MD, PhD

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands

² Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Center, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

³ Department for Health Evidence, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands

⁴ Department of Rheumatic Diseases, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands

⁵ Department of Anesthesiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, location VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

*these authors contributed equally