Table 1 Frequency distribution of demographic data for patients with CTS and healthy volunteers
|  | CTS patients N = 32 N (%) | Healthy volunteers N = 32 N (%) | P value* |
|---|---|---|---|
Personal Characteristics | |||
 Age(y) | 52.0 (32.8–71.1) | 5 50.1 (30.0–70.2) | 0.45 |
 Female | 27 (84.4) | 27 (84.4) | 1.00 |
 Married | 26 (81.3) | 22 (73.3) | 0.46 |
 Employed | 15 (46.9) | 25 (78.1) | 0.01 |
 Smoking habit | 2 (6.3) | 1 (3.1) | 1.00 |
 Right-hand dominant | 32 (100.0) | 31 (96.9) | 1.00 |
 Unilateral hand involved | 7 (22) |  |  |
 BMI (kg/m2) | 24.4 (22.9–26.0) | 22 2 22.1 (16.6–27.5) | 0.01 |
Educational Level | 0.014 | ||
 College/University | 7 (21.9) | 17 (53.2) |  |
 Senior High | 14 (43.8) | 12 (37.5) |  |
 Junior High or below | 11 (34.3) | 3 (9.4) |  |
Boston CTS questionnaire | |||
 Symptom severity score | 2.2 (1.3–3.8) | 1.0 (1.0–1.8) | < 0.0001 |
 Functional status score | 1.5 (1.0–3.1) | 1.0 (1.0–1.1) | < 0.0001 |