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Table 1 Basic information of the control participants and the patients with NCS negative "CTS" hands

From: Ultrasonographic median nerve cross-section areas measured by 8-point "inching test" for idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome: a correlation of nerve conduction study severity and duration of clinical symptoms

 

"A-hands" (n = 50)

NCS negative "CTS hands" (n = 32)

pvalue

Sex

14 hands in man/36 hands in woman

4 hands in man/28 hands in woman

0.100

Age (yr)

44.2 ± 9.8 (46, 25-68)

48.6 ± 11.9 (49, 27-73)

0.135

BH (cm)

163 ± 7.2 (163, 148-174)

159 ± 6.9 (157.5, 150-177)

0.004*

BW (kg)

61.0 ± 8.1 (60, 46-76)

59.6 ± 10.8 (56, 46-86)

0.282

BMI

22.8 ± 3.0 (22.7, 17.5-28.3)

23.6 ± 4.4 (22.9, 17.5-35.3)

0.711

  1. Abbreviations: A-hands, asymptomatic hands; CTS, carpal tunnel syndrome; NCS, nerve conduction study; BH, body heigh; BW, body weight; BMI, body mass index; Mean ± standard deviation (Median, minimum-maximus);
  2. *p < 0.01 by Mann-Whitney U test
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