Sørensen, Lin
Kvadsheim, Elisabet
Koenig, Julian
Thayer, Julian F.
Williams, DeWayne P.
MacDonald, Hayley J.
McCardle, Ryan Douglas
Wollschlaeger, Daniel
Fasmer, Ole Bernt
Osnes, Berge
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Bergen
Article History
Received: 22 January 2026
Accepted: 13 April 2026
First Online: 25 April 2026
Declarations
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: All participants gave an informed consent to participate in one of three studies the data used in this article was pooled from. This research was approved by the Institutional/Regional Review Boards of all contributing project sites: The sample was pooled from two projects (“Bergen 1” and “Bergen 2”) that were conducted at the University of Bergen, Norway. Bergen 1 was approved by the Regional Ethics Committee in South-East Norway (2014/148). Bergen 2 was approved by the Regional Ethics Committee in West Norway (33929). Additional data were taken from a third project conducted in the USA: EDENS project (Ethnic Differences in the Experience of Noxious Stimuli), approved by the Institutional Review Board at the Ohio State University (2017B0179).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.